On November 14, 1960, a 6-year-old girl walked into William J. Frantz Elementary School in ... Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered that school, the state of Louisiana had tried ...
Civil rights icon Ruby ... mom to me," Bridges said on TODAY on Feb. 18. The two forged a friendship as teacher and pupil under perilous circumstances at William Frantz Elementary School in ...
And on March 6, civil rights icon Ruby Bridges is set to ... and only Black student at the city’s William Frantz Elementary School. The backlash to Bridges’ enrollment at the school was ...
Ruby Bridges, who made history at age six ... Her walk into the William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, on November 14, 1960, was the first-ever move to desegregate schools in America.