Ruby Bridges will return to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis for her eighth annual reading festival.

Civil rights icon to engage young readers and spotlight her latest book on justice, education, and youth empowermentMemphis, ...

At just six years old, Bridges made history by integrating William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, facing mobs and ...

Memphis, TN, May 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum is hosting its eighth Ruby Bridges Reading Festival on Saturday, May 17, featuring celebrated civil rights icon and ...

The 65th Anniversary of the birth of a historic civil rights movement organization was celebrated in April – the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). People often forget ...

Bridges will read from her latest work, Ruby Bridges: A Talk with My Teacher, which pays tribute to Barbara Henry, the only teacher who stood by her during the 1960 desegregation crisis.