People who work in government offices get all kinds of flak, often unfairly. Columnist Ed Pratt tells the story of one civil ...

At UChicago’s MLK event, civil rights icon recalls integrating New Orleans schools and pleads to protect today’s youth ...

Bridges spoke at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel about her experience as the first Black student to attend her elementary school.

SPARTANBURG — Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to attend an all-White elementary school in New Orleans, credits her family and faith with overcoming the hate she experienced during those ...

When Ruby Bridges was 6-years-old, the civil rights movement came hammering at her door… making her the first African ...

If you have Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend off and are looking for ways to celebrate his legacy, you won't want to miss the chance to hear Ruby Bridges speak in Spartanburg. The civil rights ...

A new art exhibition, "I GOT A STORY TO TELL," celebrating Black womanhood and storytelling through the works of four ...

Ruby Bridges was just six years old when she became the first Black student to integrate an all-white New Orleans’ public school alone in 1960. Flanked by U.S. marshals, the world watched as she ...

Ruby Cunningham Bridges, 91, left us to go to her Heavenly Home on Saturday, February, 1, 2025. Her family will receive ...

Starting this weekend that leads into Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Prime Stage Theatre is mounting a production of “Look Forward: The Ruby Bridges Story,” written by Natalia Temesgen.