Ruby Bridges, civil rights activist, speaks to Russell Booker during an event to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day during Unity Week at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium on Jan. 19, 2025.

Since then, the movement has grown across the country. Brooklyn Nelson, left, and Aubree Nelsonuby join the Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day at Peterson Park in Eugene.

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first grader in November 1960 when she had to be escorted by federal marshals as the first Black student in her all-white public elementary school in New Orleans.© TODAY ...

On Nov. 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges was surrounded by loved ones and her New Orleans community, unaware of the significance of what she was about to do. During the height of the Civil Rights ...

For Callie Clark, a junior at Sheldon and president of No Place For Hate, this was her first ever Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day. She said she hoped students would walk away knowing that they ...

Ruby Bridges, civil rights activist, speaks to Russell Booker during an event to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day during Unity Week at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.

On Nov. 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges was surrounded by loved ones and her New Orleans community, unaware of the significance of what she was about to do. During the height of the Civil Rights ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The black and white pictures in history books can make it seem like civil rights happened a long time ago but many of the people within those pages are still with us today ...

Prime Stage Theatre’s “Look Forward: the Ruby Bridges Story” will run through Jan. 26 at the New Hazlett Theater on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Learn more and get tickets at primestage.com.

On Nov. 14, 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges was surrounded by loved ones and her New Orleans community, unaware of the significance of what she was about to do. During the height of the Civil Rights ...