At age six, Ruby Bridges was the sole black child to desegregate her school. Six-year-old Ruby Bridges integrated an all-white elementary school in New Orleans in 1960, escorted by federal ...

A substitute custodian was arrested at Ruby Bridges Elementary School on July 1 after a student reported to her parents that ...

Nearly 65 years later, that bond is as strong as ever between Bridges and retired teacher Barbara Henry. "She’s like another ...

“Ruby Bridges” director Euzhan Palcy said she and her colleagues faced challenges in getting the movie made in the 1990s. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for Essence) ...

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 ...

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: I had no idea that it was going to be a white school. It wasn't something that my parents explained to me. As a matter of fact, the only thing they said is, Ruby, you're going to go ...

Ruby Bridges first saw racism through the eyes of a child by William (Billy) Johnson February 20, 2024 @ 12:01 am February 16, 2024 @ 4:22 pm. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window ...

Bridges, along with three other Black students at a different school, were the first to integrate what had been all-white schools in New Orleans in 1960. “I Am Ruby Bridges,” featuring illustrations ...

A review board voted Monday to continue the use of the 1998 movie “Ruby Bridges” as part of the curriculum at a Florida elementary school, according to Pinellas County Schools.

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first-grader when she walked past jeering crowds of white people to become one of the first Black students at racially segregated schools in New Orleans more than six ...

The morning of November 14, 1960, a little girl named Ruby Bridges became the first Black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. Ruby was 6, and as she ...