SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Ruby Bridges, a civil rights activist, will be speaking in Spartanburg at the annual MLK Community Celebration. Bridges later established the Ruby Bridges Foundation ...

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 ...

(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 ...

NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - South Florida students are taking part in the annual Walk to School Day to honor the courageous and historic act Ruby Bridge made by being the first African ...

This week, students from Zane Middle School in Eureka participated in the annual Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, part of a nationwide action commemorating the 65th anniversary of a school ...

Everest Elementary School hosted a community walk to celebrate Ruby Bridges Day on Nov. 14. The event honored Ruby Bridges, who was the first Black child to integrate an all-White school in New ...

Bridges shared her story of integrating into an all-white school as a child, noting the racism she faced and her advice to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To commemorate the struggles and successes of a civil rights icon, students at Modesto’s Woodrow Elementary School took part ...

On November 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges began her first day of school at William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana. What's historic about this day is that she was flanked by U.S. federal marshals ...