MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The morning of November 14, 1960, a little girl named Ruby Bridges became the first Black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.

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, Bridges would become known for ...

The day celebrates the courage of Ruby Bridges, who on Nov. 14, 1960 was the first Black student to attend an all-white elementary school in the deep south. Students at Yellow Springs Schools ...

Ruby Bridges was 6 years old in 1960 when the federal government ordered New Orleans to desegregate schools. Nov. 14 was the first day she went to what had been an all-white school.

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day is a way for students to honor this young girl’s courage. Her simple, but courageous, act of showing up for school each day played an important part in the Civil ...

The day celebrates the courage of Ruby Bridges, who on Nov. 14, 1960 was the first Black student to attend an all-white elementary school in the deep south. Students at Yellow Springs Schools ...

Ruby Bridges poses next to a cutout of herself at age 6 at the Children’s Museum in Indianapolis. She was the first black child to attend the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in ...

Monterey Park Elementary School in Salinas participated in Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, celebrating the courage of Ruby Bridges, one of the first Black students to integrate public schools in ...

At the age of 6, Bridges was the first Black student to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on Nov. 14, 1960. This followed a ruling by U.S. Circuit Judge J. Skelly Wright, who o… ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day honors the courageous steps taken by Ruby Bridges as the first Black student to attend an all-white elementary school in 1960, amidst the Civil ...

About 40 Sheldon High School students made their way to Monroe on Thursday for Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, waving signs and cheering as passing cars honked in support.. Across Eugene and ...