Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty-four years ago next month, U.S. Marshals accompanied Ruby Bridges as the 6-year-old walked past crowds of jeering white ...

On Nov. 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges was surrounded by loved ones and her New Orleans community, unaware of the significance of what she was about to do. During the height of the Civil Rights ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The black and white pictures in history books can make it seem like civil rights happened a long time ago but many of the people within those pages are still with us today and so ...

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 at an ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Children from all over the Mid-South got a chance to get their hands on free books just in time for the summer break. The National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) hosted civil rights icon, ...

On Nov. 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges was surrounded by loved ones and her New Orleans community, unaware of the significance of what she was about to do. During the height of the Civil Rights ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Kindergarten students at Ross Elementary School learned about Ruby Bridges and her legacy during a symbolic walk and storytelling ceremony Tuesday morning. Ruby Bridges would’ve ...

Sixty-four years ago next month, U.S. Marshals accompanied Ruby Bridges as the 6-year-old walked past crowds of jeering white people to become one of the first Black children to attend an all-white ...