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Hundreds of students from northern colleges recruited by the SCLC participated in demonstrations and sit-ins during Easter week of 1964. Most were jailed. “Some were made to stand in a cramped outdoor overflow pen in the late spring heat, while others were put into a concrete sweatbox overnight.” By Tamara Shiloh It was the spring of 1964. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were preparing to launch a campaign to end racial discrimination in St. Augustine, Fla. King hoped that the “demonstrations there would lead to local desegregation and that m...

This Black History Month, as history struggles to keep up with current events, we can remember how we got here as we keep our eyes on the future.

Published February 15, 2021 • Updated on February 17, 2021 at 4:32 pm Published February 15, 2021 • Updated on February 17, 2021 at 4:32 pm For the entire month of February, NBC will showcase essays about Black Americans who pioneered change in United States history during the Civil Rights Movement that led to nationwide desegregation. Pioneers include those who led local efforts to desegregate schools, professionals who forged ahead to become luminaries within their industries, and advocates who stoked the wave of change head-on in the nation's bid for racial justice and equality...

Published February 15, 2021 • Updated on February 17, 2021 at 7:32 pm Published February 15, 2021 • Updated on February 17, 2021 at 7:32 pm For the entire month of February, NBC will showcase essays about Black Americans who pioneered change in United States history during the Civil Rights Movement that led to nationwide desegregation. Pioneers include those who led local efforts to desegregate schools, professionals who forged ahead to become luminaries within their industries, and advocates who stoked the wave of change head-on in the nation's bid for racial justice and equality...

Fewer students might lead to less money for Florida schools A roundup of Florida education news from around the state.     Desks are spaced out in Tara Ruggiero's kindergarten classroom at Macfarlane Park IB Elementary. In many schools across Florida, desks remain empty as children have not arrived in numbers expected. Lawmakers want to know why. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ] Published Feb. 2 It’s no secret that children have not returned to Florida’s schools in as large of numbers as expected. Some have resurfaced as districts have sent social workers into communities to look for ...