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 ...

A former Safe Routes to School coordinator says she was fired for wearing a Ruby Bridges t-shirt. In a complaint filed last ...

Beth Schmidt alleges she was fired for wearing a shirt with a painting depicting Ruby Bridges while promoting Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

This month, 65 years ago, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges had to be escorted by U.S. Marshals, as she started attending a formerly all-white William Frantz Elementary school in New Orleans. On Friday, dozens ...

To commemorate the struggles and successes of a civil rights icon, students at Modesto's Woodrow Elementary School took part Friday in the Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day. Students across all grade ...

Despite the passage of Brown v Board of Education, states continued to practice separating white students from Black students.

Sixty-five years to the day after a 6-year-old girl walked into a school in New Orleans and became the first Black student to integrate an all-white school in the south, the legacy of Ruby Bridges ...