Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges shares insights from her latest book, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher." She reflects on ...

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 ...

Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges will be on the University of Wisconsin campus for “A Fireside Chat With Ruby Bridges,” ...

On a rainy Nov. 14 morning, Capri Elementary School hosted its first-ever Ruby Bridges Walk-to-School Day. More than 200 students, families, staff and community members walked to the Encinitas school, ...

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 ...

Saniya Lavelle has been acting for the past three years. But up to now, the 13-year-old Pittsburgh resident has only portrayed fictional characters. Later this month, she’ll play the lead in “Look ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anybody who spent enough time in elementary school has heard of the Mayflower, the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary War and the Gettysburg Address. Anybody who ...