About 40 Sheldon High School students made their way to Monroe on Thursday for Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, waving signs and cheering as passing cars honked in support. Across Eugene and ...

Ruby Bridges reflects on her legacy, what keeps her hopeful and that she sees herself in the young people who write her letters. The civil rights activist, now 69, looks back on what her 6-year ...

Bridges, one of the first Black children to integrate New Orleans' all-white public school system in 1960 at just 6 years old, spoke at an event downtown.

Tuesday marks 63 years since Ruby Bridges, then six years old, became the first Black student to attend an all-white elementary school in the South. Students celebrated her legacy with a symbolic ...

On the morning of November 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges, wearing pigtails, bobby socks and black Mary Jane shoes ascended the steps of her new school, becoming the first African ...

Join Lakemont Elementary School at 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, November 14 to honor the legacy of Ruby Bridges and her courageous journey toward desegregation. “Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day” is ...

Ruby Bridges’ legacy as a civil rights activist began when she was 6 years old and helped desegregate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.

More than 62 years ago, Ruby Bridges, then 6 years old, walked past jeering crowds of protesters and up the stairs of William Frantz Elementary School, a courageous act that ...

Ruby Bridges will make her return to the National Civil Rights Museum for her annual reading festival, held on the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Brown v.Board decision.

About 40 Sheldon High School students made their way to Monroe on Thursday for Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, waving signs and cheering as passing cars honked in support.. Across Eugene and ...