WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges, the first Black ...
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges ... to work while a Black child was part of the student body. "I would not have gotten through that if it had not been for my teacher," Bridges said.
Ruby Bridges played an important role in garnering civil rights for Black community members by ... and honor the people involved in our school’s history. This event will help connect student ...