New said Bridges gave the audience a call to action during her speech Thursday. "We will know what we need to do when we leave White Concert Hall today," New said. What is the Ruby Bridges Walk to ...

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 Movement and living in a ...

is the same age as Ruby Bridges?” Two things here. She was spot on that her Pop and Bridges are both 70 years young. Cool. But the bigger thing is that Ms. Bridges (now Hall) is an icon of Black ...

and married Malcolm Hall before starting a family and establishing the Ruby Bridges Foundation in 1999. #SeeHer Story Honors Civil Rights Leader Ruby Bridges on Anniversary of Attending White ...

In March 2024, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. She is also the author of “Through My Eyes,” “This Is Your Time,” “I Am Ruby Bridges,” “Dear Ruby ...

Bridges made history at 6-years-old when she walked into an all-White grade school in Louisiana, surrounded by federal marshals.

Republicans on the House Education Committee rejected a bill that would have permanently designated Nov. 14 Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day in Kansas. Screenshot courtesy of the Kansas Legislature ...

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 ...