Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges remembers the day she desegregated New Orleans school
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges visited Topeka to commemorate the anniversary of the day she desegregated a school in the Deep South.
Ruby Bridges, civil rights icon, tells Kansas students to reject racist line of thought
(Anna Kaminski/Kansas Reflector) 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 ...
10 Folsom Cordova schools to celebrate Ruby Bridges, a civil rights activist, by walking to school
On Nov. 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges walked to school in New Orleans with U.S. Marshals agents after desegregation. Folsom Cordova Unified observes this 64 years later.
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges visits Kansas to celebrate desegregation
During the height of the Civil Rights Movement and living in a post-Brown v. Board of Education world, Bridges was among more than 100 students to volunteer to be the first Black children to integrate white schools. Though when the day came, Ruby would become known for walking her path alone.
Students honor Ruby Bridges on ‘Walk to School Day’
By Kathy Chouteau Sixty-four years ago today, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans and took her place in the history books, becoming the first […]
Havasu Preparatory Academy honors civil rights figure on Ruby Bridges Day
School integration expanded following the 1954 Supreme Court ruling that outlawed racial segregation in schools.
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Ruby Bridges Walked Into Elementary School 64 Years Ago Today
Ruby Bridges bravely walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, becoming a pivotal figure in the civil ...
‘Ruby went first’: Watch ‘walking school bus’ of Tacoma kids honor civil-rights pioneer
On Nov. 14, 1960, Bridges became the first Black student to attend a formerly all-white school in New Orleans. Angry ...
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Schools across the region participate in Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
TODAY MARKS TODAY MARKS 64 YEARS SINCE 6-YEAR- OLD RUBY BRIDGES WALKED INTO A NEW ORLEANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It was ...
New Orleans marks 64th anniversary of little girls integrating city schools with parade
New Orleans marked the 64th anniversary of the day four Black 6-year-old girls integrated New Orleans schools Thursday with a ...
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Students to walk to school in honor of Ruby Bridges
Today is Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, which commemorates when 6-year-old Ruby Bridges integrated a New Orleans School in ...