Ruby Duncan wheeled into the school named after her, the school she had witnessed being built. The 92-year-old Duncan, known as one of Nevada’s leading welfare activists, said she was “happy and ...
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 ...
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 ...