Ruby Bridges says she told a little lie en route to her TODAY appearance earlier this year. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “On the ...

When an 8-year-old New Canaan resident was called a racial slur at an incident in Mead Park, he wrote a letter to civil right icon Ruby Bridges asking if she would come speak with students and adults ...

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, ...

Ruby Bridges speaks during in interview with the Associated Press in New Orleans, Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. The civil rights pioneer said America today looks a lot like the world she helped integrate 54 ...