BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — In neighborhoods across Bakersfield, community groups are stepping up—walking children to school and pushing for safer infrastructure, continuing the legacy of civil rights activist Ruby Bridges.
On Friday, GirlTrek, a national health and wellness organization for Black women, joined students at Williams Elementary to honor the historic walk 6-year-old Ruby Bridges took in 1960 as she integrated an all-white school.
“Ruby Bridges was a young girl who was part of desegregation, and she had to have the National Guard escort her to school,” a GirlTrek representative said. “So we, as GirlTrek, wanted to come out and support students.”…