Several West Orange Elementary Schools recently held special events to recognize "Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day," and the message is just as important now as it was on Nov. 14, 1960.

Hundreds of students turned out Tuesday for Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day in Eugene and Springfield, recognizing the 6-year-old who attended an all-white school as a young Black girl in 1960 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Ruby Bridges is a living civil rights activist — I say living because it's so important for us to have a timeline and understand that she's still alive and breathing today," said Kodjo Wilder ...

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 ...

This file photo taken on Feb. 23, 2018 in Jackson, Mississippi shows new children’s book author Ruby Bridges, who integrated a racially segregated school in New Orleans in 1960.

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 ... who is still alive and a “very best friend ...

The only parade that day was out of the school. White parents immediately began withdrawing their children, so Bridges spent the entire year by herself with white teacher Barbara Henry, who is still ...

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 ...