C ivil rights icon Ruby Bridges says she may not have made it through her first year of integrating her all-white public elementary school in 1960, if not for a first grade teacher who became her ...

When Ruby Bridges was 6, she entered the first grade at William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. ... On Ruby’s first day, her mom made her wear a coat she didn’t care for either.

New Bridge Elementary students walk around Liberty Park in Ogden on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, to honor Ruby Bridges, the first African-American student to integrate a grade school in the South.

Director Euzhan Palcy is speaking out about the reversal of a ban on her 1998 Disney film Ruby Bridges in a St. Petersburg, Florida, elementary school. “Truth will out!” Palcy, 65, says in a ...

To commemorate Ruby Bridges, on Wednesday, Nov. 17, Centreville Elementary began its Walking Wednesdays. This event was started in 2018 by a group of fifth-grade students from San Mateo, Calif.

Ruby Bridges was 6 years old in 1960 when she entered first grade at William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, accompanied by U.S. Marshals for her protection.

Ruby Bridges National Walk to School Day was Thursday, Nov. 14. Tacoma’s Birney elementary honored the pioneer via a walking school bus.

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first grader in November 1960 when she had to be escorted by federal marshals as the first Black student in her all-white public elementary school in New Orleans.

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first grader in November 1960 when she had to be escorted by federal marshals as the first Black student in her all-white public elementary school in New Orleans.