Ruby Bridges, a civil rights icon known for walking among the first group of students to desegregate New Orleans public schools in 1960, on Thursday told an auditorium full of Kansas students, “You cannot believe that you can only trust people who look like you.

During the height of the Civil Rights Movement and living in a post-Brown v. Board of Education world, Bridges was among more than 100 students to volunteer to be the first Black children to integrate white schools. Though when the day came, Ruby would become known for walking her path alone.

(WIBW) - The black and white pictures in history books can make it seem like civil rights happened ... students from across Kansas got to experience living history, as civil rights icon Ruby Bridges visited the Capital City for Walk to School Day.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Courage, kindness and bravery are all words used to describe civil rights activist, Ruby Bridges. On Thursday, students at Quindaro Elementary followed in her footsteps by walking around the school’s track.