Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. Announces April Books of the Month
Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr. announced April’s chosen books for the Commissioner’s Book of the Month
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Disney civil rights movie Ruby Bridges is 'under review' in Florida
How a Wilmington-shot TV movie, originally aired in 1998, landed in the center of controversy more than 25 years later is quite the saga.
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No book banning, burning; schools attacked; DeSantis, woke; FDIC wrong
Writers weigh on on school districts review of challenged books; Childrens Home Society; school shootings; Florida Legislature; Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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'Ruby Bridges' movie cleared for use at North Shore Elementary | Pinellas County
Disney’s “Ruby Bridges” movie, the focus of a controversy that recently put Pinellas County in the spotlight, has been cleared for use at North Shore Elementary School in St. Petersburg.
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Teach history just as it happened | Letters to the editor
A reader is outraged that one parent in St. Petersburg was able to challenge the use of the Disney movie Ruby Bridges, a story of school integration.
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Committee votes to keep showing 'Ruby Bridge' movie at Pinellas County school
In a unanimous vote, a Pinellas school-based review committee decided the film "Ruby Bridges" can continue to be shown at North Shore Elementary School in St. Petersburg.
Sankt Peterburg United States Laura Hine Molly Auld Pinellas County School Board Shore Elementary School In St
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St. Pete school will continue showing movie about Civil Rights icon
The movie, “Ruby Bridges,” shows the bravery and perseverance six-year-old Bridges needed as she integrated an all-white elementary school in New Orleans in 1960.
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American Opinion: Why are Fla. school officials so threatened by the Ruby Bridges movie?
From the editorial: Ending segregation in our schools was the right thing to do. So is ensuring that elementary school students get to learn that it happened with help from a 6-year-old girl with a white ribbon in her hair.
United States Sankt Peterburg Ron Desantis Forum News Service Pinellas County School Superintendent Kevin Hendrick Pinellas School Board
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"It's not about the children," Black writers on the truth behind banned books
At the 2023 Mississippi Banned Book Festival, Black authors discuss book bans and why they do more harm than good.
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Kids deserve to know the truth about America's racist past. Even if it's painful
A white parent complained that "Ruby Bridges" was not appropriate for second-graders, as the scenes showing people threatening Ruby and calling her names might teach students that white people hate B…
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