Great Americans: A conversation with Ruby Bridges

Tom Llamas sits down with civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, who at just six years old carried the weight of the civil rights ...
KSHB Kansas City

Students dedicate walk to school Friday to Ruby Bridges, first African American to integrate all-white school

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.
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West Orange Elementary Schools Hold ‘Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day’

WEST ORANGE, NJ - Elementary schools across New Jersey participated in the annual "Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day," on Nov. 14, honoring the young girl whose stand against racism ignited ...
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MLK And Malcolm X’s Daughters, Ruby Bridges And More Walk NYFW’s Actively Black Runway

Black-owned athleisure brand Actively Black hosted a New York Fashion Week event on Friday, during which iconic figures and activists took to the runway in tribute to the Civil Rights Movement. Civil ...
The Register-Guard

Local schools honor 65 years since Ruby Bridges walked to all-white school

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day has become an annual tradition for Eugene and Springfield schools. The event is an opportunity for students to learn about segregation and civil rights. Bridges had her ...
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Ruby Bridges walks in New York Fashion Week show confronting America’s segregation past

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges made a powerful appearance during New York Fashion Week that left many in the audience in tears. MORE: Civil Rights Trail marker honoring Ruby ...
7News Miami

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges honored by Golden State Warriors for Black History Month

(WSVN) - 71-year-old civil rights icon Ruby Bridges was honored by the Golden State Warriors, who named her an “Impact Warrior”. In 1960, Bridges became the first Black student to attend Williams ...
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I asked Ruby Bridges and other civil rights icons to walk my Fashion Week runway — because Black history belongs front and center

Lanny Smith talks about bringing figures of the civil rights movement to New York Fashion Week. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Essence Ventures at NASDAQ) And ...
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Where Is Ruby Bridges Now? All About Her Life 65 Years After Famously Desegregating an All-White Elementary School at Age 6

On Nov. 14, 1960, when Ruby Bridges was just 6 years old, she unknowingly became an icon for the civil rights movement that was sweeping the country. The first grader made history when she became the ...
Time

'It Was About Time.' Watch Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges Explain Why Recent Protests Give Her Hope

Civil rights icon and activist Ruby Bridges says that when she saw “the young people take to the streets” after George Floyd’s killing, she “felt like it was about time.” In a video series TIME is ...
The Advocate

Will Sutton: Ruby Bridges, Frederick Douglass had national coin spots. Then they were dropped.

Anybody who spent enough time in elementary school has heard of the Mayflower, the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary War and the Gettysburg Address. Anybody who ...