News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Children from all over the Mid-South got a chance to get their hands on free books just in time for the summer break. The National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) hosted civil rights ...
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 just six years old when she became the first Black student to integrate an all-white New Orleans’ public school alone in 1960. Flanked by U.S. marshals, the world watched as she ...
Since then, the movement has grown across the country. Brooklyn Nelson, left, and Aubree Nelsonuby join the Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day at Peterson Park in Eugene.
I'M BK, KSBW ACTION NEWS 8. THANK YOU BROOKE.## LOCAL SCHOOLS -- TAKING PART IN "RUBY BRIDGES WALK TO SCHOOL DAY" EARLIER. THE DAY HONORS THE STRIDES MADE BY ááRUBY BRIDGESáá ON THIS DAY BACK ...
Ruby Bridges speaking at Washburn University on the 64th anniversary of her integrating a Louisiana elementary school. The civil rights icon explained how she wanted to go to school just like them.
Ruby Bridges will appear in Topeka on Nov. 14, the 64th anniversary of the day she made Civil Rights history by desegregating a New Orleans school.
After Oklahoma Republicans targeted public school lessons on race and gender, some Black teachers and parents in Tulsa have banded together to ensure their kids still get honest Black history.
“Ruby Bridges was selected, because she’s relatable to our second-graders as she is a 6-year-old. And after the movie, we had a post discussion,” one teacher said.