ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Amid statewide controversy over how African American history is taught in Florida schools, a movie on civil rights icon Ruby Bridges is now under review after a St. Petersburg ...

The 1996 Disney film 'Ruby Bridges' was banned from North Shore Elementary school in St. Petersburg, Florida after parents claimed the film was teaching students about racial slurs and discrimination.

Sigh. Where do we even begin here? The heaviest irony of this argument is that this film provides students of all ages with the context and language needed to discuss something most of them already ...

A Bixby Public School teacher said she was suspended after showing her fifth-grade class a video about black history and school integration. BIXBY, Okla. - A Bixby Public Schools teacher said she was ...

Saniya Lavelle has been acting for the past three years. But up to now, the 13-year-old Pittsburgh resident has only portrayed fictional characters. Later this month, she’ll play the lead in “Look ...

Sometimes, the truth is just as powerful as fiction. Starting this weekend that leads into Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Prime Stage Theatre is mounting a production of “Look Forward: The Ruby Bridges ...

WEST LONG BRANCH - Nearly 70 years following the desegregation of the public school system, Ruby Bridges, the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school alone in New Orleans, ...

On Nov. 14, 1960, when Ruby Bridges was just 6 years old, she unknowingly became an icon for the civil rights movement that was sweeping the country. The first grader made history when she became the ...

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day has become an annual tradition for Eugene and Springfield schools. The event is an opportunity for students to learn about segregation and civil rights. Bridges had her ...