ALAMEDA — First-grader Tenchi Aquino stood up Friday morning, took the microphone and greeted the woman for whom Alameda’s newest school is named. “Good morning, Ruby Bridges,” he said. He ...

includes historic footage of Ruby Bridges’ first day at school and a conversation with her today. When recalling the first trip to her school, Ruby Bridges recalls today, “I saw barricades and ...

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.

On this day in 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges was escorted into William Frantz Elementary School by a team of U.S. Deputy Marshals, desegregating the public school system of New Orleans.

On this day 56 years ago, a 6-year-old girl walked into a school building. It should have been mundane, like any other day – but that girl was Ruby Bridges, a young black girl on her first day ...

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.

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 ...

In 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Now she shares the lessons she learned with future generations.

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 ...

Ruby Bridges' new children's book tells the story of being one of the first Black students to attend a segregated school more than 60 years ago. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 📚 ...