She walked into history at age six. Find out when Ruby Bridges was born, what she faced, and where she is now.

Ruby Bridges was just 6 years old when she became the first Black child to go to a formerly all-White school in New Orleans Ruby Bridges was the first Black student to enter a formerly all-White ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of people sitting on a stage Ruby Bridges, a fixture of the American civil rights movement, visited Topeka on Nov. 14, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty-four years ago next month, U.S. Marshals accompanied Ruby Bridges as the 6-year-old walked past crowds of jeering white ...

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 ...

On November 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges began her first day of school at William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana. What's historic about this day is that she was flanked by U.S. federal marshals ...

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 ...