Screaming protestors surrounded the building as federal marshals escorted a brave six-year-old girl on her way to making history. In first grade. It was November of 1960 when Ruby Bridges became the ...

Board of Education world, Bridges was among more than 100 students to volunteer to be the first Black children to integrate white schools. Though when the day came, Ruby would become known for ...

Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered that school, the state of Louisiana had tried to stop her and other black students from enrolling in all-white schools.

six-year-old Ruby Bridges was caught in the middle as the first African American child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, a formerly all-white public school.

Ruby Bridges ... That same day, three other black students also attended formerly all-white schools in New Orleans, but Bridges was the only one to enroll on her own. Her mother accompanied ...

Civil rights activist and philanthropist Ruby Bridges discussed ... March 19. Bridges made history as the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school in Louisiana during ...