How Ruby Bridges made school integration history at 6, while racists screamed at her
WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges, the first Black ...
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Who Was Ruby Bridges?
Ruby Bridges was born in Tylertown ... In 2001, Bridges was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by former President Bill Clinton. She also won the NAACP Martin Luther King Award, the John ...
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Students walk to school today to honor Ruby Bridges
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 ...
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Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges shares her story at CSULB
Civil rights activist and philanthropist Ruby Bridges discussed her life story ... the Presidential Citizens Medal, and honorary doctorate degrees from Connecticut College, College of New ...
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Lucille Bridges, Mom to Civil Rights Activist Ruby Bridges, Dies at 86: 'A Champion for Change'
Lucille Bridges pushed to have Ruby attend the previously all-white William Frantz Elementary School so that Ruby would have better educational opportunities than she did Rachel DeSantis is a ...