Ruby Bridges’ story is one of bravery, determination, and the fight for equal rights. At just six years old, Ruby became a powerful symbol of the civil rights movement when she became the first ...

While walking to school Thursday morning, Birney Elementary School students learned about the courage of an important civil-rights pioneer: Ruby Bridges. On Nov. 14, 1960, Bridges became the first ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges says she may not have made it through her first year of integrating her all-white public elementary school in 1960, if not for a first grade teacher who became her "best ...

DERBY, Conn (WTNH) — A school in Derby honored a civil rights icon Thursday. At the same time, it encouraged kids to get to school safely, for them and the environment. Nov. 14 is Ruby Bridges Day. It ...

The civil rights icon will read her latest novel, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher," at the festival. Ruby Bridges will make her return to the National Civil Rights Museum for her annual reading ...

A new Vancouver preschool named for American civil rights activist Ruby Bridges recently opened in central Vancouver. “(The) area, even though it’s so densely populated, is considered an early ...