Images of Bridges being escorted by federal marshals into a New Orleans public school became a stark visual depiction of the ...

Bridges made history at 6-years-old when she walked into an all-White grade school in Louisiana, surrounded by federal marshals.

Every year, on November 14, Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day commemorates her inspirational journey to desegregate her school. A National Register of Historic Places monument was placed at the ...

Civil rights activist and philanthropist Ruby Bridges discussed her ... that spearheaded the movement to desegregate public schools was the NAACP. Bridges said NAACP officials came to her home ...

Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. That seemingly mundane moment would shake the community and change the city forever. Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered ...

Thousands of students across California walked to school Tuesday to commemorate civil rights hero Ruby Bridges. Bridges was 6 years old in 1960 when she integrated William Frantz Elementary School in ...

Republicans on the House Education Committee rejected a bill that would have permanently designated Nov. 14 Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day in Kansas. Screenshot courtesy of the Kansas Legislature ...

Ruby Bridges played an important role in garnering civil rights for Black community members by walking into an all-white school during segregation. The walk also honored Tanya Debro who helped to ...

Ruby Bridges, who made history at age six when ... was the first-ever move to desegregate schools in America. That same day, three other black students also attended formerly all-white schools ...