Ruby Bridges' new book highlights the story that made her a civil rights icon: walking into school as one of the first Black students to desegregate an all-white Louisiana school in 1960. "I Am ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges made history as the first Black student to attend an all-white school in 1960, and now she’s sharing her inspirational story through a new children’s book.

Ruby Bridges, keynote speaker, speaks at the YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley’s annual Inspire Luncheon at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024.

WATCH: Civil Rights icon hands out books, encourages reading at festival MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Children from all over the Mid-South got a chance to get their hands on free books just in time for the ...

Ruby Bridges, who made history at age six when she walked into a grade school in Louisiana surrounded by federal marshals, is scheduled to speak Wednesday, March 19 at the Carpenter Center at Cal ...

Editor’s Note, Wednesday, Jan. 31: Please note that the location of this event has been moved to John M. Greene Hall. Ruby Bridges—the civil rights icon whose historic arrival at her New Orleans first ...

Local News Northshore elementary school named after civil rights icon Ruby Bridges Ruby Bridges Elementary School will help ease overcrowding by housing approximately 500 students.

On this day in 1960, a 5-year-old African American girl named Ruby Bridges walked into a Louisiana elementary school and made history. On Thursday, 59 years later, some South San Francisco school ...