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To get to school in the morning, Ruby Bridges walked through a crowd of hateful people shouting threats and curses.

ArtsMemphis supporting local arts organizations through grants ArtsMemphis supporting local arts organizations through grants By Camille Connor | April 14, 2021 at 6:16 PM CDT - Updated April 14 at 6:16 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - ArtsMemphis is offering grant funding to organizations in West Tennessee in collaboration with the Tennessee Arts Commission. The grants are a part of the Arts Build Communities program. It is open to Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, and Tipton counties. “They can apply for these grants to really help broaden access to arts experience,” said Elizabeth Rouse, pres...

February 11, 2021 OGDEN, Utah — Civil Rights activist Ruby Bridges Hall, the first African-American child to attend the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans during the school desegregation crisis in 1960, will speak to a Weber State University audience, Feb 18 at 6 p.m. via Zoom conferencing. The campus community is invited to attend this free event by registering at this link. Questions can be submitted at this link.  When Bridges was 6 years old, her parents responded to a NAACP request and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the local school system....