Civil rights legend Ruby Bridges highlights MLK Commission luncheon
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. …
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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.