Bridges' latest book details her reunion with educator Barbara Henry. Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges shares insights from her latest book, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher." She reflects ...
Civil 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 ...
She established the Ruby Bridges Foundation to provide leadership training programs that inspire youth and community leaders ...
Ruby Bridges, who in November 1960 became the first Black student to integrate at her all-white New Orleans public elementary school when she was only six years old, joins TODAY to share her new ...
Bridges made history at 6-years-old when she walked into an all-White grade school in Louisiana, surrounded by federal ...
In 1960, a six-year-old African-American girl named Ruby Bridges helped to integrate the all-white schools of New Orleans. Although she was the only black girl to come to the school she was sent ...
Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered ... forced into your schools." When Bridges, who was guarded by marshals, arrived, she encountered mobs of white parents ...
As an adult, Bridges established a foundation dedicated to educating young people about racism and other forms of bullying. She is also the author of several books, including “Ruby Bridges ...
The bill would designate Nov. 14 as "Ruby Bridges ... have been studying how she made history. Along with some Kansas legislators, they wanted a permanent designation for Bridges' efforts.