People who work in government offices get all kinds of flak, often unfairly. Columnist Ed Pratt tells the story of one civil ...

She remembers hearing the chants from protesters of "two-four-six-eight ... She established the Ruby Bridges Foundation to ...

At UChicago’s MLK event, civil rights icon recalls integrating New Orleans schools and pleads to protect today’s youth ...

SPARTANBURG — Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to attend ... the pair said the same chant that she heard the protesters yelling. Again, she said, her innocence protected her from the harsh ...

Ruby Bridges was just six years old when she became the first ... White parents removed their children in protest; teachers refused to teach at the school. For the entire year, Bridges was the only ...

On November 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges was the first black child ... because there were protesters, obviously, among those five blocks. And she could have easily given up.

Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered ... grade at the McDonough school and Bridges at William Frantz. With integration came protest and upheaval.

If you have Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend off and are looking for ways to celebrate his legacy, you won't want to miss the chance to hear Ruby Bridges speak in Spartanburg. The civil rights ...