Even though the Disney film “Ruby Bridges” has been shown during Black History Month in Florida’s Pinellas County for years, it was recently pulled because a parent was worried that it would teach ...

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 ...

Sometimes, the truth is just as powerful as fiction. Starting this weekend that leads into Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Prime Stage Theatre is mounting a production of “Look Forward: The Ruby Bridges ...

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, ...

The 1996 Disney film 'Ruby Bridges' was banned from North Shore Elementary school in St. Petersburg, Florida after parents claimed the film was teaching students about racial slurs and discrimination.

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 ...

"Ruby walked so that I could run. I run so that you can fly." Kodjo Wilder, assistant principal at Cascade Middle School, became emotional as he addressed the crowd of hundreds of Bethel School ...

Ruby Bridges Day was celebrated Friday across the nation to honor the young girl in Louisiana whose bravery ultimately helped end school segregation. At the age of 6, Bridges became one of the first ...

Sixty-four years ago next month, U.S. Marshals accompanied Ruby Bridges as the 6-year-old walked past crowds of jeering white people to become one of the first Black children to attend an all-white ...

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges says she may not have made it through her first year of integrating her all-white public elementary school in 1960, if not for a first grade teacher who became her "best ...

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day has become an annual tradition for Eugene and Springfield schools. The event is an opportunity for students to learn about segregation and civil rights. Bridges had her ...