ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Pinellas County school committee voted unanimously Monday to continue the use of the movie “Ruby Bridges” in classrooms after a parent filed a formal objection. “Thrilled,” ...

A film about a Black first grader who integrated an all-White elementary school in the South is under review in a Florida school district after a parent objected to the movie's use of slurs and argued ...

All 6-year-old Ruby Bridges wanted was a friend when she walked into William Frantz Elementary in 1960 as the first Black child to desegregate the New Orleans school, flanked by four federal marshals ...

A new Vancouver preschool named for American civil rights activist Ruby Bridges recently opened in central Vancouver. “(The) area, even though it’s so densely populated, is considered an early ...

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 ...

This story was originally published in 2022. For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. To get to school in the morning, Ruby Bridges walked through a crowd of hateful people shouting ...