Page 14 - Ruby Bridges News Today

MONDAY, Jan. 15 — Over 1,500 people went to the Lansing Center today to see Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to integrate an all-white elementary school in the South in 1960. …

GRAND RAPIDS — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten presented Ms. Ruby Bridges with a letter of tribute from U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, recognizing her

ASHLAND Education in an entertaining format will be featured at today’s MLK Jr. Day 2024 Celebration in the form of The Heritage.

Ruby Bridges and her family defied white segregationists to integrate a Louisiana school in 1960. She has since become a well-known activist and lecturer.

MARTINSBURG — Kamryn Perry, a seventh-grade student at Martinsburg South Middle School, won the middle school division of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. State Holiday Poster Contest.

Yale will honor the civil rights leader with several events, including a library exhibit, a poetry slam — and a public conversation about educational justice.

The season brings the rescheduled Boston Palestine Film Festival, screenings from families and a sci-fi movie marathon. Here's what Erin Trahan recommends checking out this winter.

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SENECA FALLS — A limited number of tickets to watch the induction of 10 American women into the National Women’s Hall of Fame will go on sale Jan. 16.

The Wooster-Orrville NAACP is sponsoring a service honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King at 7 p.m. Monday.