Nothing is as compelling to a child as another child’s story, so my students learn about young people who helped create change.

Ruby is remembered for her role in desegregating ... exceptional and has dramatically impacted the United States. Bridges’ childhood shaped her decision to become active in the Civil Rights ...

Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered that school, the state of Louisiana had tried to stop her and other black students from enrolling in all-white schools.

Thousands of students across California walked to school Tuesday to commemorate civil rights hero Ruby Bridges. Bridges was 6 years old in 1960 when she integrated William Frantz Elementary School in ...

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 ...

In the 1960s, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American student to integrate into an entirely white public school system in New Orleans. She joins Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who followed in ...

plus a Ruby Bridges coloring page at the side of the biography research area. Basic Information Early Life Major ...