TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - USD 501 teamed up with Washburn University to spread the message of kindness to first-grade students. Nov. 14 is National Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day. A day to commemorate a ...
This Nov. 14 marks 65 years since Ruby Bridges made history by becoming the first Black child to integrate an all-White elementary school in the South. She was just 6 years old when she stepped foot ...
Sometimes, the truth is just as powerful as fiction. Starting this weekend that leads into Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Prime Stage Theatre is mounting a production of “Look Forward: The Ruby Bridges ...
Ruby Bridges has transformed her childhood role as a civil rights pioneer into lifelong activism, continuing to advocate for educational equality and tolerance 65 years after making history at age six ...
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 ...
But the picture on Thursday spurred a federal civil rights lawsuit from an Oregon public employee, who says she was fired for ...
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges says she may not have made it through her first year of integrating her all-white public elementary school in 1960, if not for a first grade teacher who became her "best ...
Civil rights activist and philanthropist Ruby Bridges discussed her life story — including integrating an elementary school — and the importance of remembering history in front of Long Beach students ...
Beth Schmidt alleges she was fired for wearing a shirt with a painting depicting Ruby Bridges while promoting Ruby Bridges ...