A substitute custodian was arrested at Ruby Bridges Elementary School on July 1 after a student reported to her parents that ...

The film’s namesake, Ruby Bridges, was 6 when she became the first Black student to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. Flanked by four federal marshals ...

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.

Ruby Bridges first saw racism through the eyes of a child by William (Billy) Johnson February 20, 2024 @ 12:01 am February 16, 2024 @ 4:22 pm. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window ...

In 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Now she shares the lessons she learned with future generations.

“Ruby Bridges” director Euzhan Palcy said she and her colleagues faced challenges in getting the movie made in the 1990s. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for Essence) ...

Ruby Bridges says she told a little lie en route to her TODAY appearance earlier this year. The civil rights activist, now 69, looks back on what her 6-year-old self accomplished and had to endure.

The film’s namesake, Ruby Bridges, was 6 when she became the first Black student to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. Flanked by four federal marshals ...

On Nov. 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges was surrounded by loved ones and her New Orleans community, unaware of the significance of what she was about to do. During the height of the Civil Rights ...

Ruby Bridges talked in the late ’90s about the importance of Disney making a movie about how, as a first-grader, she became a civil rights icon by wading through a White mob to integrate an ...

RUBY BRIDGES: I had no idea that it was going to be a white school. It wasn't something that my parents explained to me. As a matter of fact, the only thing they said is, Ruby, you're going to go ...

The film’s namesake, Ruby Bridges, was 6 when she became the first Black student to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. Flanked by four federal marshals ...