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

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 ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Augusta Jr. Players is gearing up to perform “Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges”. During the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The parties reached a settlement in February 1959. The Harlem 9’s children would not enroll in the schools for which they were zoned. Nor would they be able to engage in “open choice” – the parents’ ...

The Story of Ruby Bridges”. During the height of the Civil Rights Movement, the 6-year-old was the first Black student to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. It’s a role the ...

PARIS — Kering is venturing outside the city to become the official partner of a creative hub in Paris’ northern suburbs intended to introduce youngsters to careers in fashion and visual arts. The aim ...

This includes shutting down plans to honor Black History Month, Juneteenth, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Women’s History Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and numerous other federally ...

Sunday is Groundhog Day, which is celebrated every year on Feb. 2. According to folklore, this is the day groundhogs emerge from hibernation. If they see their shadow, they will scurry back into ...