Civil right icon Ruby Bridges wows YWCA audience

Ruby Bridges was 6 years old in 1960 when she entered first grade at William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, accompanied by U.S. Marshals for her protection. She spent her entire first day — and many others afterward — as the school’s only student after white families pulled their kids our rather than have them learn alongside a Black child.

It’s a powerful story that Bridges recounted Tuesday in a conversation with NBC Bay Area news anchor Marcus Washington at the YWCA Golden...