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Tennessee Moms for Liberty banned Ruby Bridges’ book about integrating a White school at age 6 while a White mob yelled at her.
Rep. Jahana Hayes exposed Education Secretary Linda McMahon for her racist ignorance during a tense House hearing this morning. Hayes brought up the fact that McMahon has defunded black schools ...
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 ...
Children from all over the Mid-South got a chance to get their hands on free books just in time for the Summer Break.
Ruby Bridges To Return For Annual Reading Festival At The National Civil Rights Museum The civil rights icon will read her latest novel, "Ruby Bridges: A Talk With My Teacher," at the festival.
Memphis, TN, May 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum is hosting its eighth Ruby Bridges Reading Festival on Saturday, May 17, featuring celebrated civil rights icon and ...
The New Order National Human Rights Organization will hold a press conference Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. about a controversial lesson at Honey Creek Elementary.
Georgia school investigating after segregation-era signs used in history lesson The signs were not an approved part of the curriculum at the elementary school.
Two biographical picture books introduce children to the life stories of writer Toni Morrison and civil rights activist Ruby Bridges. First, Andrea Davis Pinkney initially encountered Morrison's ...
Rockdale County School District is investigating a Honey Creek Elementary School teacher’s unapproved use of racially segregated signs during a Ruby Bridges history lesson, an activity that was ...
A Rockdale County School District spokesperson said the signs were a part of a history lesson about Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to desegregate an all-white public school in the South.
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated a school in Louisiana and made history, spoke at Cal State Long Beach on Wednesday, March 19.