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 ...

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 ...

The civil rights icon will read her latest novel, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher," at the festival. Ruby Bridges will make her return to the National Civil Rights Museum for her annual reading ...

Ruby Bridges, who made history at age six when she walked into a grade school in Louisiana surrounded by federal marshals, is scheduled to speak Wednesday, March 19 at the Carpenter Center at Cal ...

Ruby Bridges, the Black schoolgirl who integrated a formerly whites-only school in the South. Cecil Williams, who was famously photographed drinking from a whites-only fountain. John Carlos and Tommie ...

November 14, 2025 marks the 65th anniversary of the day when activist Ruby Bridges became the first African-American child to attend the William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white school in New ...

Memphis, TN, May 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum is hosting its eighth Ruby Bridges Reading Festival on Saturday, May 17, featuring celebrated civil rights icon and ...

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 ...

The mother says her son's fourth-grade teacher asked students to write from the perspective of white students who were rude ...

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, ...