In 1960 Ruby Bridges became the first African-American to desegregate a public elementary school. Her trials in New Orleans became, through a Norman Rockwell painting, a national symbol of the civil rights era. Afternoons with Amos sat down with Ruby Bridges Hall (her name today) at the Children’s Museum exhibit The Power of Children that […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas cannot cut off millions of dollars in funding for desegregation programs in Little Rock-area school districts until the state asks a federal judge for permission to do so, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. SEE ALSO: Will Obama’s Second Term Be A Nightmare? The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
