Ruby Bridges, Kansas

Students In Kansas Honor Ruby Bridges
MISSION, KS.– Six-year-old, Ruby Bridges made history 64 years ago. This week, students in Kansas, honored her legacy, with a special walk to school. WCCB Charlotte’s Alyssa Jackson has the story.
Ruby Bridges, civil rights icon, tells Kansas students to reject racist line of thought
Ruby Bridges, a civil rights icon known for walking among the first group of students to desegregate New Orleans public schools in 1960, on Thursday told an auditorium full of Kansas students, “You cannot believe that you can only trust people who look like you.
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges remembers the day she desegregated New Orleans school
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges visited Topeka to commemorate the anniversary of the day she desegregated a school in the Deep South.
Kansas City, Kansas students celebrate civil rights activist Ruby Bridges
The Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day is celebrated across the country. Students at Quindaro Elementary are walking for the second consecutive year. Students designed posters and si
Ruby Bridges makes a trip to Kansas, students honor her by walking to school
Students throughout Kansas honored a special day in history by walking to school. On Nov. 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges became one of the first Black students to integrate a school in the South.
Ruby Bridges visits Topeka on anniversary of civil rights milestone
The black and white pictures in history books can make it seem like civil rights happened a long time ago but many of the people within those pages are still with us today– and so is their activism. On Thursday,
Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges Coming to Kansas for Walk to School Day
Historic Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges will appear in Topeka for the annual Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day Thurs., Nov. 14.
Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day honors historic moment in American history
Friday morning saw students across the country celebrating Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day. The day celebrates the courage of Ruby Bridges, who on Nov. 14, 1960
Bethel students honor civil-rights history with Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
Students learned about Ruby Bridges' historic 1960 walk to school before participating in their own walk-to-school to commemorate her impact on the Civil Rights Movement
Havasu Preparatory Academy honors civil rights figure on Ruby Bridges Day
School integration expanded following the 1954 Supreme Court ruling that outlawed racial segregation in schools.
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Ruby Bridges to be in Topeka on anniversary of day she made Civil Rights history
In a news release announcing next month's appearance, organizers noted that Kansas on Nov. 14, 2023, celebrated its first Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day as proclaimed by Gov. Laura Kelly and ...
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