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SARASOTA – “I will plant a lot of flowers. I will be kind to others so they will be kind to others too.” One-fifth of Americans were born with no memory of the millennial paranoia that enveloped the globe as the curtains fell on the 20th century. Anxiety over potential glitches in digital calendrical transitions triggered fears of nuclear reactor shutdowns, airliners falling from the sky, and collapsing power grids. And end-times prophecies that historically ramp up at the close of each ...

Who Is Ruby Bridges? Ruby Bridges was the first African American child to integrate an all-white public elementary school in the South. She later became a civil rights activist. Bridges was six when she became the first African American child to integrate a white Southern elementary school. On November 14, 1960, she was escorted to class by her mother and U.S. marshals due to violent mobs. Bridges brave act was a milestone in the civil rights movement, and shes shared her story with future gen...

Black History Month Is a Good Excuse for Delving Into Our Art An African-American studies professor suggests ways to mark the month, from David Driskell’s paintings and Dance Theater of Harlem’s streamed performances to the rollicking return of “Queen Sugar.” David Driskell’s “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” (1972), acrylic on canvas.Credit...Estate of David C. Driskell and DC Moore Gallery Feb. 18, 2021 Black History Month feels more urgent this year. Its roots go back to 1926, when t...

Elected in 2018, she is the first Black woman to hold her position, and is on the short list of finalists for United States attorney for the district of Massachusetts. Rollins doesn’t back away from fighting for the people. This is her beautiful resistance.

Noggin, Nickelodeon’s interactive learning service for preschoolers, has launched the new historical animated musical series Rhymes Through Times.

In past years I have expressed disagreement with the notion of having a separate yearly category labeled as Black History Month based upon the following:   It is an insult to American accomplishment and it insinuates an unequal categorization to other American classifications such as white European, Asian, Jewish, Hispanic, women in general, etc.  The separation also alleviates any urgency for society to promote/remember  black contributions throughout the calendar year if there is a s...

12:32:17 KOJO NNAMDIWelcome back. When she was six years old, Ruby Bridges and her mother had to walk past crowds of screaming, angry white people who did not want a black kid like her to go to an all-white school. For a whole year she had guards, U.S. Marshals to protect her, just so she could go to school. Her bravery 60 years ago made Ruby Bridges one of the youngest heroes of the civil rights era, and shes been working for racial equity ever since. 12:32:43 KOJO NNAMDIRuby Bridges is her...

Editors’ Note: This month, in celebration of those who have paved the way and continue to pave the way for civil rights and equality, we are featuring a Q&A with Black leaders, educators, artists and more.  Glorie O’Connell is a Rockford artist known for her paintings, prints and handmade jewelry. She is a student at Kishwaukee College in Dekalb County. Last summer, she worked closely with Misfit Market to help organize a Black Lives Matter art fundraiser to support three local organizat...

Black History Month: Schools were segregated in the North, too The battles of the civil rights era were also fought outside the Jim Crow South. By Ashley FarmerUniversity of Texas at Austin Share Whether it’s black-and-white photos of Arkansas’ Little Rock Nine or Norman Rockwell’s famous painting of New Orleans schoolgirl Ruby Bridges, images of school desegregation often make it seem as though it was an issue for Black children primarily in the South. Using the unifying strategy of Ma...

UpdatedThu, Feb 11, 2021 at 9:38 pm PT Replies(2) Beverly Hills City Hall lit up with George Floyds name in June. (City of Beverly Hills) BEVERLY HILLS, CA — "Ruby was being a Hawthorne hero," a kindergartener at Hawthorne Elementary School told a camera, referring to Ruby Bridges, the young girl who desegregated a Louisiana elementary school and was the subject of a famous 1964 Norman Rockwell painting. This six-year-old was just one of many Beverly Hills students who recently shared their e...