The New Orleans school that was desegregated by a young Ruby Bridges in 1960 officially became a stop on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail as a marker commemorating the event was unveiled Thursday.



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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans school that was desegregated by a young Ruby Bridges in 1960 officially became a stop on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail as a

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The New Orleans school that was desegregated by a young Ruby Bridges in 1960 officially became a stop on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail as a marker commemorating the event was unveiled Thursday. (Jan. 12) (AP video shot by Stephen Smith)

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans school that was desegregated by a young Ruby Bridges in 1960 officially became a stop on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail as a marker commemorating the event was unveiled Thursday.

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The New Orleans school that was desegregated by a young Ruby Bridges in 1960 officially became a stop on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail as a marker commemorating the event was unveiled Thursday.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans school that was desegregated by a young Ruby Bridges in 1960 officially became a stop on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail as a marker commemorating the event was unveiled Thursday.  Bridges, who was 6 years old when she first walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, didn’t attend Thursday’s event. But members of her family were there as Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and others spoke of her family…

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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — On November 14, 1960, a six-year-old African American girl by the name of Ruby Bridges took the ride and long walk into William Frantz Elementary School on Pauline Street, to officially put an end to segregated schools.  Through her actions, a Civil Rights movement began with the integration of schools all across the country.  
About 60 years later, the school was renamed Akili Academy and on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, a histo…

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Louisiana officials have placed a new historical marker making the school integrated by Ruby Bridges in 1960 part of the state's Civil Rights Trail.

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Four U.S. Marshals escorted Ruby Bridges, then six years old, into the school while angry crowds shouted and threatened her.

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