On Nov. 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges put on a starched dress and new shoes and walked, accompanied by four U.S. Marshals through a torrent of hate to get to school.

Ruby Bridges was only 6 years old when she was thrust into the headlines by breaking the color barrier, becoming one of the first Black students in an all-white elementary school in New Orleans ...

Ruby Bridges reflects on her legacy, ... Ruby Bridges says her 6-year-old self isn't healed. Here's why 'she keeps pushing' Randi Richardson. Updated Tue, March 5, 2024 at 9:50 PM UTC.

"The Problem We All Live With," by Norman Rockwell, featured Ruby Bridges, a 6-year-old who had to be escorted by marshals to ...

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first-grader when she walked past jeering crowds of white people to become one of the first Black students at racially segregated schools in New Orleans more than six ...

Ruby Bridges is an iconic figure in the history of civil rights in America. Born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi, Ruby became, at six years old, the first African American child to ...

FILE - U.S. Deputy Marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, in this November 1960, file photo.

Ruby Bridges, who desegregated New Orleans schools as a 6-year-old in 1960, shares why it's important for kids today to learn and understand her story.

Of course, we did. Because Bridges herself doesn’t call herself brave, she called herself a child. She transported us to the mind of the 6-year-old who became the first Black child to attend an ...

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 ...

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first-grader when she walked past jeering crowds of white people to become one of the first Black students at racially segregated schools in New Orleans more than six ...