Civil rights activist and author Ruby Bridges will speak in Madison next month, focusing on topics of equality, education and community, the Wisconsin Union Directorate announced Tuesday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Nov. 14 marks 65 years since Ruby Bridges made history by becoming the first Black child to integrate an all-White elementary ...

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 ...

Outer Banks Voice  Mardis Gras with Ruby Bridges—which takes place from 6:00-9:30 p.m. at Seven Sounds Brewing Company in Downtown Elizabeth City—is a one-night-only benefit ...

KSHB 41 reporter Alyssa Jackson has covered Frank Rushton Elementary School's push for Ruby Bridges to come to Kansas and have a commemorative day in her honor. Share your story idea with Alyssa.

"It made think about the protesters from 1960," Bridges says. "It made me think about the day that I walked up those stairs when I integrated Frantz school." ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Amid statewide controversy over how African American history is taught in Florida schools, a movie on civil rights icon Ruby Bridges is now under review after a St. Petersburg ...

Lucille Bridges, who in 1960 braved a gauntlet of threats and racist slurs to escort her daughter to a formerly all-white school in New Orleans in what became a symbol of opposition to segregation, ...

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 ...