Students, teachers and community members of Paragon Mills Elementary School organized a walk to school to honor Rudy Bridges and school alumni who helped to integrate Nashville schools. Ruby Bridges played an important role in garnering civil rights for Black community members by walking into an all-white school during segregation.

Where’s the end?” asked one GOP member on the House Education Committee. Another lawmaker said officially recognizing Ruby Bridges Walk to School day would be “redundant.”

Brown v Board of Education was a turning point in America’s academic history, as it was the first time the United States government ruled separate but equal, wasn’t equal at all. However, before that was the law of the land,

Frank Rushton Elementary students used their Monday snow day to advocate for a permanent commemoration for Ruby Bridges in Kansas.

Many Quad-Cities school districts hosted all-school assemblies, individual classroom activities, crafts and promoted Black history reading lists.

Columbia Middle School sixth-grader Ayisha Beausejour won a statewide essay contest for Black History Month. Ayisha’s essay highlighting the legacy of Black leaders such as Ruby Bridges and Martin Luther King Jr. was selected from five submissions across the state. She won a certificate of achievement for the accomplishment.

February is Black History Month, set aside to honor the history of African-Americans. February was chosen to also honor abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln, whose birthdays are this month.

The Department of Education's efforts to keep racial diversity out of schools has left educators wondering how and when to teach students about Black history, especially during Black History Month.

Students learned about Guion Bluford, Mae Jemison, Ruby Bridges, Michelle and Barack Obama, Muhammad Ali, Simone Biles, and Garrett Morgan and more.

The Human Rights Education Institute will honor the legacy and impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the MLK Gala at 6 p.m. Tuesday at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.

Ruby Bridges played an important role in garnering civil rights for Black community members by ... and honor the people involved in our school’s history. This event will help connect student ...