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

Commemoration Celebration at Rockefeller Chapel on January 29 with featured speaker Ruby Bridges, a civil rights activist who, at the age of six, was the first Black student to attend her elementary ...

When Ruby Bridges was 6-years-old, the civil rights movement came hammering at her door… making her the first African ...

At UChicago’s MLK event, civil rights icon recalls integrating New Orleans schools and pleads to protect today’s youth As Ruby ... old Bridges being escorted by U.S. marshals after single-handedly ...

Ruby Tansy, a senior at Lathrop ... Her commitment took place at the high school with family, friends and more in attendance on Wednesday. “It was just so amazing to have so many close friends ...

NEW ORLEANS — The athletic facilities at Isidore Newman High School are a quasi-shrine dedicated to the brothers who put it on the map. When you walk in, you’re greeted with a limestone gate ...

Two years ago, Florida lawmakers wisely voted to address a chronic problem in this state — ridiculously early start times for high schools — by passing a law that said high school classes can ...

SPARTANBURG — Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to attend an all-White elementary school in New Orleans, credits her family and faith with overcoming the hate she experienced during those ...

Starting this weekend that leads into Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Prime Stage Theatre is mounting a production of “Look Forward: The Ruby ... school was racially integrated. The real-life ...

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.

For example, it's common for children to start high school with no firm friends, but still know some peers from primary school. These acquaintances can provide companionship until children form ...

In 2023, Florida legislators passed a bill requiring school districts to start high schools no earlier than 8:30 AM and middle schools at 8:00 AM. It was recognized that schools needed time to ...