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.
Derby elementary school celebrates Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
A school in Derby is honoring a civil rights icon Thursday. At the same time, it encourages kids to get to school safely for them and the environment. Nov. 14 is Ruby Bridges Day. It’s a day when the walk to school takes on extra meaning for the kids in Derby.
‘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 protesters yelled and hurled racial slurs at the 6-year-old as she passed. Yet accompanied by U.S. marshals, Bridges persevered.
Students gather for National Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
Sidewalks were packed with students Thursday morning honoring Ruby Bridges, who when she was just six years old, walked into an all-white school and subsequently took some of the first steps to integrate schools in the South.
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 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 1960. To honor the historic day, there will be observances in the area. Students around the area will walk to school in the cold with teachers and parents,
Ruby Bridges makes a trip to Kansas, students honor her by walking to school
Students throughout Kansas honored a special day in history by walking to school. On Nov. 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges became one of the first Black students to integrate a school in the South.
Schools across the region participate in Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
The annual walk commemorates 64 years since 6-year-old Ruby Bridges walked into a New Orleans elementary school to integrate schools in the U.S. At Hiawatha Elementary School, they chose to participate through lessons on racism, creating projects about activism and getting to know their neighbors.
Photos: TUSD schools hold 'walk-in day' celebrating civil rights icon Ruby Bridges
Dozens of students at Miles Exploratory Learning Center, a K-8 school in the Tucson Unified School District, celebrated the civil rights legacy of Ruby Bridges with a "walk-in" day Thursday morning.
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Rise Academy walks against racism and bullying in honor of Ruby Bridges
Nearly 200 students, parents and community members participated in the "Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day," hosted by Rise ...
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Ruby Bridges: The Biggest Little Hero
Ruby Bridges is an iconic figure in the history of civil rights in America. Born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, ...
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55 Ruby Bridges Quotes About Life, Courage and Equality
MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – A 36-year-old woman was cited on Thursday morning after a confrontation with a parking enforcement ...