Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Deputy Marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, La., in November 1960.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ruby Bridges says she told a little lie en route to her TODAY appearance earlier this year. “On the plane, everybody’s standing up ...

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 ...

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, ...

Tom Llamas sits down with civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, who at just six years old carried the weight of the civil rights movement just by going to school. She describes what it was like to integrate ...

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.

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 ...

Ruby Bridges says she told a little lie en route to her TODAY appearance earlier this year. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “On the ...

PASSAIC — Two of the city's schools combined efforts and joined a nationwide movement to observe Ruby Bridges Day with a symbolic walk on Tuesday morning. School 20 joined School 21, whose students ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Children from all over the Mid-South got a chance to get their hands on free books just in time for the summer break. The National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) hosted civil rights icon, ...