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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.
Civil rights parade honors New Orleans school desegregation pioneers
On this day 64 years ago, three six-year-olds, including Etienne, started school at McDonogh 19, while Ruby Bridges began at William Franz.
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.
Students honor Ruby Bridges on ‘Walk to School Day’
By Kathy Chouteau Sixty-four years ago today, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans and took her place in the history books, becoming the first […]
‘Ruby went first’: Watch ‘walking school bus’ of Tacoma kids honor civil-rights pioneer
On Nov. 14, 1960, Bridges became the first Black student to attend a formerly all-white school in New Orleans. Angry protesters yelled and hurled racial slurs at the 6-year-old as she passed. Yet accompanied by U.S. marshals, Bridges persevered.
Ruby Bridges walk unites Marin students in civil rights history
Bahia Vista Elementary School students took to the streets in San Rafael’s Canal neighborhood on Thursday to mark a moment in the civil rights movement. The event celebrates the life of
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 makes a trip to Kansas, students honor her by walking to school
Students throughout Kansas honored a special day in history by walking to school. On Nov. 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges became one ...
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Ruby Bridges Walked Into Elementary School 64 Years Ago Today
Ruby Bridges bravely walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, becoming a pivotal figure in the civil ...
New Orleans marks 64th anniversary of little girls integrating city schools with parade
New Orleans marked the 64th anniversary of the day four Black 6-year-old girls integrated New Orleans schools Thursday with a ...