Ruby Bridges, Civil and Kansas

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges remembers the day she desegregated New Orleans school
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges visited Topeka to commemorate the anniversary of the day she desegregated a school in the Deep South.
Ruby Bridges, civil rights icon, tells Kansas students to reject racist line of thought
Ruby Bridges, a civil rights icon known for walking among the first group of students to desegregate New Orleans public schools in 1960, on Thursday told an auditorium full of Kansas students, “You cannot believe that you can only trust people who look like you.
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges visits Kansas to celebrate desegregation
During the height of the Civil Rights Movement and living in a post-Brown v. Board of Education world, Bridges was among more than 100 students to volunteer to be the first Black children to integrate white schools. Though when the day came, Ruby would become known for walking her path alone.
Ruby Bridges visits Topeka on anniversary of civil rights milestone
The black and white pictures in history books can make it seem like civil rights happened a long time ago but many of the people within those pages are still with us today– and so is their activism. On Thursday,
Kansas City, Kansas students celebrate civil rights activist Ruby Bridges
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Courage, kindness and bravery are all words used to describe civil rights activist, Ruby Bridges. On Thursday, students at Quindaro Elementary followed in her footsteps by walking around the school’s track.
Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges Coming to Kansas for Walk to School Day
Ruby Bridges is coming to Topeka, KS for Ruby Ridges Walk to School Day that encourage students to advocate for an end racism and bullying.
Young students march for Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
Students from Willams Science and Art Magnet School marched to Brown v. Board National Historical Park for The Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.
Salinas schools join Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
Monterey Park Elementary School in Salinas participated in Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, celebrating the courage of Ruby Bridges, one of the first Black students to integrate public schools in New Orleans in 1960. The event, held annually, encourages children to walk to school in honor of Bridges' bravery.
10 Folsom Cordova schools to celebrate Ruby Bridges, a civil rights activist, by walking to school
On Nov. 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges walked to school in New Orleans with U.S. Marshals agents after desegregation. Folsom Cordova Unified observes this 64 years later.
Photos: TUSD schools hold 'walk-in day' celebrating civil rights icon Ruby Bridges
Dozens of students at Miles Exploratory Learning Center, a K-8 school in the Tucson Unified School District, celebrated the civil rights legacy of Ruby Bridges with a "walk-in" day Thursday morning.
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Ruby Bridges to be in Topeka on anniversary of day she made Civil Rights history
In a news release announcing next month's appearance, organizers noted that Kansas on Nov. 14, 2023, celebrated its first Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day as proclaimed by Gov. Laura Kelly and ...
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How Ruby Bridges made school integration history at 6, while racists screamed at her
WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges, the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school alone in New Orleans ...