Ruby Bridges was 6 years old in 1960 when the federal government ordered New Orleans to desegregate schools. Nov. 14 was the first day she went to what had been an all-white school.

Ruby Bridges National Walk to School Day was Thursday, Nov. 14. Tacoma’s Birney elementary honored the pioneer via a walking school bus.

Students at Manzanita Elementary participated in a walk from La Encantada to the school at 7:30 a.m. For those unable to join in the morning before school, a walk was also held on campus during ...

At Monroe, hundreds of students decorated blank posters of Bridges. For Callie Clark, a junior at Sheldon and president of No Place For Hate, this was her first ever Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.