The janitor was booked into Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of public intoxication and annoying or molesting a victim under the ...

A photo authentically shows segregationists in the 1960s carrying a coffin with a baby doll inside it to harass 6-year-old Ruby Bridges.

The groundbreaking Ruby Bridges is telling her most personal story yet. To mark today’s release (Sept 6.) of her new children’s book, the award-winning author has a poignant message for the kids.

Ms. BRIDGES: There were times when I was afraid because on occasion the crowd would bring a box, and this box was actually a baby's coffin. And they would put this black doll inside of the coffin.

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first grader in November 1960 when she had to be escorted by federal marshals as the first Black student in her all-white public elementary school in New Orleans.

In her new children's book, I Am Ruby Bridges, civil rights activist Ruby Bridges tells the story of how she was the first black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school – through the ...

The real Ruby Bridges, the 6-year-old girl who desegrated a Louisiana school, went on to become a civil rights activist. (Photo by Vivien Kililea/Getty Images) ...

Ruby Bridges, who desegregated New Orleans schools as a 6-year-old in 1960, shares why it's important for kids today to learn and understand her story.

A film about a Black first grader who integrated an all-White elementary school in the South is under review in a Florida school district after a parent objected to the movie’s use of slurs and ...

On Nov. 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges put on a starched dress and new shoes and walked, accompanied by four U.S. Marshals through a torrent of hate to get to school.

Ruby Bridges was only 6 years old when she was thrust into the headlines by breaking the color barrier, becoming one of the first Black students in an all-white elementary school in New Orleans ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges says she may not have made it through her first year of integrating her all-white public elementary school in 1960, if not for a first grade teacher who became her ...