Safe Routes leader says she was fired for wearing Ruby Bridges shirt

Beth Schmidt alleges she was fired for wearing a shirt with a painting depicting Ruby Bridges while promoting Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.
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Where Is Ruby Bridges Now? All About Her Life 65 Years After Famously Desegregating an All-White Elementary School at Age 6

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 ...
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Ruby Bridges discusses her new book, teacher who changed her life

Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges shares insights from her latest book, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher." She reflects on her experiences as a young girl integrating an all-white school, ...

Shirt with civil rights message and racist slur leads to Oregon gov’t employee’s firing and federal suit

But the picture on Thursday spurred a federal civil rights lawsuit from an Oregon public employee, who says she was fired for ...
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How Ruby Bridges made school integration history at 6, while racists screamed at her

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, ...