I remember looking into the classroom, and all I saw were empty desks, and I thought, ‘Well, my mom brought me to school too ...
Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to attend an all-White elementary school in New Orleans during the Civil Rights Movement, ...
Bridges' journey of advocacy began at the mere age of 6, when she attended a previously white-only elementary school in ...
Ruby Bridges was just six years old when she became the first Black student to integrate an all-white New Orleans’ public ...
WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges, the first Black ...
Ruby Bridges, a civil rights activist, will be speaking in Spartanburg at the annual MLK Community Celebration. Bridges was ...
Sometimes, the truth is just as powerful as fiction. Starting this weekend that leads into Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Prime ...
Ruby Bridges, civil rights activist, speaks to Russell Booker during an event to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day during ...
Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered that school, the state of Louisiana had tried to stop her and other black students from enrolling in all-white schools.
Later this month, she’ll play the lead in “Look Forward,” the story of Ruby Bridges, the first Black student to integrate the Louisiana school system in 1960. Prime Stage Theatre will stage ...