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 ...

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." ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges recalls the teacher who changed her life Bridges' latest book details her reunion with educator Barbara Henry.

As Ruby Bridges prepared to address a packed Rockefeller Chapel on Jan. 29, black-and-white footage of angry white mobs began to play. The images showed the six-year-old Bridges being escorted by U.S.

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, civil rights activist and author, will speak at the MLK commemoration on Jan. 29 at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Photo courtesy of Ruby Bridges ...

Rosa Parks' Husband Did Not Own a Car An image of Parks and her husband, Raymond Parks, in front of a white car often accompanies this claim.

The day celebrates the courage of Ruby Bridges, who on Nov. 14, 1960 was the first Black student to attend an all-white elementary school in the deep south. Students at Yellow Springs Schools ...

Students across Eugene and Springfield joined Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, honoring the civil rights icon.