WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges, the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school alone in New Orleans, ...

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 ...

First graders led the desegregation of New Orleans' public schools in November 1960. Bettmann via Getty Sixty-four years ago this November, public schools in New Orleans began to desegregate. School ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ - Elementary schools across New Jersey participated in the annual "Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day," on Nov. 14, honoring the young girl whose stand against racism ignited ...

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 ...

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 ...

A historic civil rights parade rolled through New Orleans Thursday, honoring the four women who helped desegregate local schools 64 years ago."It feels great to be honored in this way," said Gaile ...

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 ...