What to know about Ruby Bridges, civil rights icon speaking in Spartanburg on MLK Jr. weekend. Nina Tran, Greenville News. Wed, January 15, ... ∎ Recipient of numerous awards, ...

Bridges started the Ruby Bridges Foundation a quarter-century ago to promote tolerance, and she has shared her experience in speeches and in books and has received a lifetime of awards.

Ruby Bridges poses next to a cutout of herself at age 6 at the Children’s Museum in Indianapolis. She was the first black child to attend the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in ...

Since her early entry onto the national stage, Bridges has received numerous awards, including the NAACP Martin Luther King Award, the Presidential Citizens Medal, and honorary doctorate degrees ...

If you have Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend off and are looking for ways to celebrate his legacy, you won't want to miss the chance to hear Ruby Bridges speak in Spartanburg.

Bridges will be speaking at the MLK Community Celebration on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. The event is not ticketed and doors open at 1:30 p.m.

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first grader in November 1960 when she had to be escorted by federal marshals as the first Black student in her all-white public elementary school in New Orleans.

Later this month, she’ll play the lead in “Look Forward,” the story of Ruby Bridges, the first Black student to integrate the Louisiana school system in 1960.

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges details her friendship with retired teacher Barbara Henry, who is the subject of her new children's book, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk with My Teacher." ...