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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.
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.
Civil rights parade honors New Orleans school desegregation pioneers
On this day 64 years ago, three six-year-olds, including Etienne, started school at McDonogh 19, while Ruby Bridges began at William Franz.
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.
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 […]
Local Elementary Students to Take Part in 'Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day' on Nov. 14
Speakers at the Utica elementary school on Thursday include Watson Williams Principal Dr. Cheryl Minor, Superintendent of the Utica City School District Dr. Christopher Spence, Sergeant Aaron P. Avard from the Oneida County Sheriff’s Department and Patti Artessa of AAA Northeast.
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.
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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New Orleans marks with parade the 64th anniversary of 4 little girls integrating city schools
Celebrating the 64th anniversary of the New Orleans Four desegregating schools, marking a significant milestone in the city's civil rights history.
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New Orleans celebrates 64th anniversary of public school desegregation
YESTERDAY THE CITY CELEBRATED THE 64TH ANNIVERSARY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DESEGREGATION WITH THE NEW ORLEANS FOUR DAY PARADE ... LIKE SO MANY TIMES YOU THINK OF RUBY BRIDGES, BUT TO HEAR THE STORY ...
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MDEAT hosts Ruby Bridges Walk and Math Matters Rally in Liberty City
The Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT) celebrated National Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day last Thursday with its ...