Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges shares insights from her latest book, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher." She reflects on her experiences as a young girl integrating an all-white school, ...
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 ...
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 ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ - Elementary schools across New Jersey participated in the annual "Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day," on Nov. 14, honoring the young girl whose stand against racism ignited ...
On Nov. 14, 1960, when Ruby Bridges was just 6 years old, she unknowingly became an icon for the civil rights movement that was sweeping the country. The first grader made history when she became the ...
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Will Sutton: Ruby Bridges, Frederick Douglass had national coin spots. Then they were dropped.
Apparently, President Donald Trump's administration wants to stop history at a certain point in time and exclude more inclusive parts of our history in favor of, gulp, "traditional" history.
Saniya Lavelle has been acting for the past three years. But up to now, the 13-year-old Pittsburgh resident has only portrayed fictional characters. Later this month, she’ll play the lead in “Look ...
Sometimes, the truth is just as powerful as fiction. Starting this weekend that leads into Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Prime Stage Theatre is mounting a production of “Look Forward: The Ruby Bridges ...
KSHB 41 reporter Alyssa Jackson has covered Frank Rushton Elementary School's push for Ruby Bridges to come to Kansas and have a commemorative day in her honor. Share your story idea with Alyssa.
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'Haven't read that': Billionaire Linda McMahon slips up, admits she doesn't know who civil rights hero Ruby Bridges is during House hearing
Billionaire Linda McMahon slipped up by admitting she doesn't know who civil rights hero Ruby Bridges is during a House hearing held several months ago.
Lucille Bridges, who in 1960 braved a gauntlet of threats and racist slurs to escort her daughter to a formerly all-white school in New Orleans in what became a symbol of opposition to segregation, ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A former Safe Routes to School coordinator says she was fired for wearing a Ruby Bridges t-shirt. In a complaint filed last week in federal court, former employee Beth Schmidt ...
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