Ruby Bridges is looking back on becoming a pivotal part of the civil rights movement in the American South. Bridges, now 69, became the first African American child to desegregate William Frantz ...

On November 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges desegregated William Frantz Elementary School. “It was a major milestone for not only the history of our public education school system, but also here in ...

Selena Gomez is continuing the charge to highlight Black voices on social media. For the past week, she's been turning over her Instagram account to Black actors, activists, professors, writers and ...

Sixty years after Ruby Bridges walked into William Frantz Public School as part of a nascent effort to desegregate New Orleans public schools, students and teachers reenacted the 6-year-old's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Deputy Marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, La., in November 1960.

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDTN) — Friday morning saw students across the country celebrating Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day. The day celebrates the courage of Ruby Bridges, who on Nov. 14, 1960 was the ...

NEW ORLEANSNEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans school that was desegregated by a young Ruby Bridges in 1960 officially became a stop on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail as a marker commemorating the event ...

Saniya Lavelle has been acting for the past three years. But up to now, the 13-year-old Pittsburgh resident has only portrayed fictional characters. Later this month, she’ll play the lead in “Look ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Ruby Bridges is a woman with a career, children, and grandchildren now, but the nation will always treasure her 6-year-old self. On Nov. 14, 1960, federal marshals escorted her past ...

e. Yeah, It was a major milestone for not only history of our public education school system, but also actually here in the in the United States, the courage that Ruby and her family had on that day ...