Educators are confronting legislators over public school funding and the threat of seeing the U.S. Department of Education gutted. The Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce hosted its March Third House ...

"Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher." She reflects on her experiences as a young girl integrating an all-white school, ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated a school in Louisiana and made history, spoke at Cal State ...

Bridges made history at 6-years-old when she walked into an all-White grade school in Louisiana, surrounded by federal marshals.

In the 1960s, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American student to integrate into an entirely white public school system in New Orleans. She joins Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who followed in ...

but their teacher brought them a stool to stand on. “Today, I’m going to be talking about why Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day should be a holiday, a permanent holiday,” said Baraka ...

But she was bravely taught by one teacher for the rest of the school year in an otherwise ... While focused on Ruby Bridges, I hope that during Black History Month children of all races learn ...

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 ...

Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. That seemingly mundane moment would shake the community and change the city forever. Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered ...

Ruby Bridges, who made history at age six ... None of the white parents would allow their children to attend the school that day, and all but one teacher refused to show up for work.