Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day - Friday, November 14th at 8:10am / Día de caminar a la escuela en Ruby Bridges: viernes 14 de noviembre a las 8:10 a. m.
Join Us for the Annual McKinley Ruby Brides Walk to School Day!
Come join other McKinley Families as we walk to school to honor Ruby Bridges.
Date: Friday, November 14th
Time: 8:10am
Location: Paloma Park
We will meet at Paloma Park and walk to McKinley. Please wear purple that day in honor of Ruby Bridges
Volunteer Information to Come
History of Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
On November 14, 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges became one of the first African American students to integrate into an elementary school in the South. Her simple but courageous act of showing up for school each day played an important part in the civil rights movement.
In May 2018, a group of fifth graders from Martin Elementary School in South San Francisco, learned about Ruby and asked their school board to pass a resolution making November 14 Ruby Bridges Day.
In January 2021, with the help of Northern California AAA, the Ruby Bridges Foundation joined the movement and began to expand RBWTSD as a national initiative and in September 2021, the California State Senate passed a resolution recognizing November 14th as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day in the state of California! An annual day of dialogue to commemorate her historic steps.
