People who work in government offices get all kinds of flak, often unfairly. Columnist Ed Pratt tells the story of one civil ...

Thoughtful resources combined with experiential learning guide students to engage with important events in our country’s past ...

This journey begins in Africa, a continent made up of 54 countries mostly occupied by the indigenous people of dark-skinned ...

The University held the 35th annual Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Commemoration Celebration at Rockefeller Chapel on January 29 with featured speaker Ruby Bridges, a civil rights activist who, at the ...

Hundreds of Black student union members in San Diego Unified gathered Monday to mark the start of Black History Month.

At UChicago’s MLK event, civil rights icon recalls integrating New Orleans schools and pleads to protect today’s youth As Ruby Bridges prepared to address a packed Rockefeller Chapel on Jan. 29, black ...

Every Black History Month and Juneteenth, pioneers in African American history are often mentioned like Dr. Martin Luther ...

SPARTANBURG — Ruby Bridges ... on my street," Bridges said. "I wouldn't have known better if my parents hadn't sat me down and explained it. It's not like we had Black History Month to go ...

The Ruby Bridges Story,” written by Natalia Temesgen. The hour-long production gives a compact and compassionate introduction to the story of Bridges who, at 6 years old, was the first Black ...

(WRDW/WAGT) - The Augusta Jr. Players is gearing up to perform “Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges”. During the height of the Civil Rights Movement, the 6-year-old was the first Black student to ...

From activists to entertainers to record-breaking athletes to a postal worker, we are shining a spotlight on the contributions of influential African Americans as we celebrate Black History Month.

The event also featured a conversation with civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, the first black student to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana in 1960 at just six years old.