Brown v. Board of Education

U.S. deputy marshals escort six-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in November 1960.

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Ruby was the first Black child to desegregate her school. This is what she learned

5:00am September 07, 2022

In 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Now she shares the lessons she learned with future generations.

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Linda Brown, left, attends ceremonies in 1979 observing the anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling in her father's class-action lawsuit against the Board of Education in Topeka, Kan.

Linda Brown, Who Was At Center Of Brown v. Board Of Education, Dies

10:44pm March 26, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

As a schoolgirl, she was at the center of the landmark Supreme Court case that rejected racial segregation in American public schools. She died Sunday in Topeka, Kan.

Jefferson County School District, north of Birmingham, Ala., has a student poverty rate of 22 percent. If the city of Gardendale secedes from the county district, it will become an "island" district within Jefferson County.

This Mostly White City Wants To Leave Its Mostly Black School District

2:04pm December 19, 2016

by Sherrel Stewart

Jefferson County, Ala., schools have been under a desegregation order for decades. Now that a majority-white city wants to form its own district, a judge must decide if it's violating civil rights.

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Margaret Feldman helps students (from left) Al Nagib Conteh, 17, and Devin Butler, 18, as they work through their FAFSA applications. Conteh's father, Ahmed Conteh (back), is there to help his son through some of the harder questions.

Hey Students, Applying For College Aid Is Easier! (But Still Hard)

11:48am November 16, 2016

by Cory Turner

Washington overhauled the FAFSA to make it easier to complete, but it's still full of roadblocks for many teens.