Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A TikToker is sharing the powerful story of Ruby Bridges, the first Black American to integrate an elementary school in the South.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ruby Bridges says she told a little lie en route to her TODAY appearance earlier this year. “On the plane, everybody’s standing up ...

Ruby Bridges, the first Black student to attend integrated schools in the south, is celebrating her 64th birthday this weekend. At just the age of six, Bridges walked into an all-white school on ...

elementary school in America’s Deep South. As a 6-year-old first-grader, she was the only black student to enter the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. On Nov. 14, 1960, ...

Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges made history at just six years old. She was the first Black student to attend an all-white school in 1960. Now she’s sharing her inspiring story with young readers ...

Author and civil rights activist Ruby Bridges is slamming book banners’ attempts to censor her work, reiterating how children are the ones most drawn to her powerful story. Bridges’ story marked an ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with civil rights icon Ruby Bridges about her friend, Pulitzer Prize winning child psychiatrist Robert Coles, who died on June 4 at 97.

As Ruby Bridges spoke about making civil rights history simply by going to school, 15-year-old Janeska reflected on her own experience at a new high school this year. Bridges was the featured speaker ...

The groundbreaking Ruby Bridges is telling her most personal story yet. To mark today’s release (Sept 6.) of her new children’s book, the award-winning author has a poignant message for the kids.

New Orleans civil rights icon Ruby Bridges will give Tulane's spring commencement address, the university announced this week. It will be virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event is ...