Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Nov. 14 marks 65 years since Ruby Bridges made history by becoming the first Black child to integrate an all-White elementary ...

Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges will be on the University of Wisconsin campus for “A Fireside Chat With Ruby Bridges,” ...

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 ...

On a rainy Nov. 14 morning, Capri Elementary School hosted its first-ever Ruby Bridges Walk-to-School Day. More than 200 students, families, staff and community members walked to the Encinitas school, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A former Safe Routes to School coordinator says she was fired for wearing a Ruby Bridges t-shirt. In a complaint filed last week in federal court, former employee Beth Schmidt ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Civil rights activist and author Ruby Bridges will speak in Madison next month, focusing on topics of equality, education and community, the Wisconsin Union Directorate announced ...

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Amid statewide controversy over how African American history is taught in Florida schools, a movie on civil rights icon Ruby Bridges is now under review after a St. Petersburg ...

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.

Anybody who spent enough time in elementary school has heard of the Mayflower, the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary War and the Gettysburg Address. Anybody who ...

Ruby Bridges was just 6 years old when she became the first Black child to go to a formerly all-White school in New Orleans Ruby Bridges was the first Black student to enter a formerly all-White ...

This Nov. 14 marks 65 years since Ruby Bridges made history by becoming the first Black child to integrate an all-White elementary school in the South. She was just 6 years old when she stepped foot ...