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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

This month, 65 years ago, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges had to be escorted by U.S. Marshals, as she started attending a formerly all-white William Frantz Elementary school in New Orleans. On Friday, dozens ...

This week, students from Zane Middle School in Eureka participated in the annual Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, part of a nationwide action commemorating the 65th anniversary of a school ...

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 ...

Bridges shared her story of integrating into an all-white school as a child, noting the racism she faced and her advice to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges says she may not have made it through her first year of integrating her all-white public elementary ...

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 ...