Frantz Elementary School, now named Akili Academy, where Ruby Bridges attended and made ... made it possible for little girls like me to attend William Frantz School,” said Labat, who serves ...

NEW ORLEANS — A life-size metal figure was unveiled Thursday to mark the historic steps Ruby Bridges took into the William Frantz Elementary ... was not able to attend the unveiling, but her ...

Ruby Bridges is an iconic figure in the history ... However, she was the only one to attend William Frantz Elementary. On her first day, as Ruby walked into the school, crowds of people shouted ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans school that was desegregated by a young Ruby Bridges in ... first walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, didn’t attend Thursday ...

After passing the difficult test, her parents were given the option for her to attend ... grade at William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. On November 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges and her ...

The University held the 35th annual Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Commemoration Celebration at Rockefeller Chapel on January 29 with featured speaker Ruby ... with Bridges, who began by recounting her ...

The film’s namesake, Ruby Bridges, was 6 when she became the first Black student to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. Flanked by four federal marshals ...

Later this month, she’ll play the lead in “Look Forward,” the story of Ruby Bridges ... white parents — as she began attending class at William Frantz Elementary. It’s the largest ...

elementary school in America’s Deep South. As a 6-year-old first-grader, she was the only black student to enter the all-white William Frantz Elementary ... To commemorate Ruby Bridges, on ...

WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges ... 1960, Bridges began attending William Frantz Elementary School, initiating the ...

The civil rights icon will read her latest novel, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher ... kindergarten at the previously all-white William Frantz Elementary school. Her courage to continue ...

The film's namesake, Ruby Bridges, was 6 when she became the first Black student to attend William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. Flanked by four federal marshals ...