Arts Sep 06 Ruby Bridges, civil rights activist, writes children’s book By Jay Reeves, Associated Press
Arts Jan 14 Watch 7:54 Civil rights pioneer Ruby Bridges on activism in the modern era In the 1960s, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American student to integrate into an entirely white public school system in New Orleans. She joins Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who followed in Bridges' footsteps 60 years ago and desegregated the University of Georgia… By Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Anne Azzi Davenport
Nation Nov 11 Lucille Bridges, mother of activist Ruby Bridges, dies at 86 Lucille Bridges walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as Ruby became the first Black student at her all-white New Orleans elementary school in 1960. By Associated Press