I was 6," Bridges said. The Civil Rights Movement ... citing scenes of white people threatening 6-year-old Ruby as she ...

When Ruby Bridges was 6-years-old, the civil rights movement came hammering at her door… making her the first African ...

On November 14, 1960, a 6-year-old girl walked into William J ... Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered that school, the state of Louisiana had tried to stop ...

“Ruby Bridges in the American psyche is a symbol, but she’s also a person,” Portlock said. “She’s a 6-year-old girl, an actual human with a family, and I think the stories of people like ...

Ruby Bridges was just six years old when she became the first Black student to integrate ... race and the nation. The event will begin at 6 p.m. at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. The evening’s program ...

In 1960, a six-year-old African-American girl named Ruby Bridges helped to integrate the all-white schools of New Orleans. Although she was the only black girl to come to the school she was sent ...

On Saturday, people, young and old, gathered at the Lucy C. Laney Memorial Stadium to pay tribute to Ruby Bridges’ 66-year ...

Ruby Bridges, civil rights activist, speaks to Russell Booker during an event to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day during Unity Week at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium on Jan. 19, 2025.

The year is 1960. A shy, smart 6-year-old named Ruby Bridges becomes the first African American student to attend a formerly whites-only grade school in New Orleans. Escorted to class by U.S ...