18K views · 16 reactions | Six-year-old Ruby Bridges became a civil rights icon in 1960. She calls her work "a calling" to this day. USA TODAY recognizes Bridges as a Woman of the Century. https://bit.ly/30PtE1s | USA TODAY Video | Facebook

Ruby Bridges is a civil rights pioneer. In the 1960s, at just six years old, she battled racism from white families and became the first African-American student to integrate into an entirely white public school system in New Orleans. Tune in as Jeri Robinson, today’s special guest reader and former VP of Early Childhood Initiatives at Boston Children's Museum, reads "The Story of Ruby Bridges" by Robert Coles. After her read-aloud, she gives us a behind-the-scenes tour of her impressive collect