Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges says she may not have made it through her first year of integrating her all-white public elementary ...

This Nov. 14 marks 65 years since Ruby Bridges made history by becoming the first Black child to integrate an all-White elementary school in the South. She was just 6 years old when she stepped foot ...

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first-grader when she walked past jeering crowds of white people to become one of the first Black students at racially segregated schools in New Orleans more than six ...

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, ...

While walking to school Thursday morning, Birney Elementary School students learned about the courage of an important civil-rights pioneer: Ruby Bridges. On Nov. 14, 1960, Bridges became the first ...

VERY SPECIAL EVENT. THEY GOT PLACES FOR YOU 65 YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER A SIX YEAR OLD GIRL WALKED INTO A SCHOOL IN NEW ORLEANS AND BECAME THE FIRST BLACK STUDENT TO INTEGRATE AN ALL WHITE SCHOOL IN THE ...

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day has become an annual tradition for Eugene and Springfield schools. The event is an opportunity for students to learn about segregation and civil rights. Bridges had her ...

Civil rights activist and philanthropist Ruby Bridges discussed her life story — including integrating an elementary school — and the importance of remembering history in front of Long Beach students ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges says she may not have made it through her first year of integrating her all-white public elementary school in 1960, if not for a first grade teacher who became her "best ...