Ruby Bridges, civil rights icon, tells Kansas students to reject racist line of thought
Ruby Bridges, a civil rights icon known for walking among the first group of students to desegregate New Orleans public schools in 1960, on Thursday told an auditorium full of Kansas students, “You cannot believe that you can only trust people who look like you.
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Ruby Bridges Walked Into Elementary School 64 Years Ago TodayRuby Bridges bravely walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, becoming a pivotal figure in the civil ...
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.
Students across Eugene and Springfield joined Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, honoring the civil rights icon.
WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges, the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school alone in New Orleans ...
Sixty-four years ago next month, U.S. Marshals accompanied Ruby Bridges as the 6-year-old walked past crowds of jeering white people to become one of the first Black children to attend an all ...
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