Ruby Bridges’ personal life would be profoundly affected by her early years at William Frantz Elementary. When she was a teenager, her parents separated due to stress and financial problems.

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 ...

Ruby Bridges, who made history at age six when she walked into a grade school in Louisiana surrounded by federal marshals, is scheduled to speak Wednesday, March 19 at the Carpenter Center at Cal ...

Republicans on the House Education Committee rejected a bill that would have permanently designated Nov. 14 Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day in Kansas. Screenshot courtesy of the Kansas Legislature ...

Ruby Bridges played an important role in garnering civil rights for Black community members by walking into an all-white school during segregation. The walk also honored Tanya Debro who helped to ...

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 ...

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