The city unveiled 22 Liberty Bells replicas on Friday that will be installed around the city for the celebrations of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A former Safe Routes to School coordinator says she was fired for wearing a Ruby Bridges t-shirt. In a complaint filed last week in federal court, former employee Beth Schmidt ...

Newly-designed coins celebrating the nation's semiquincentennial (aka, its 250th anniversary) are entering circulation today.

Six-year-old Ruby Bridges is unbowed, her gaze steady despite the racist graffiti creeping into the frame of the iconic image. The painting — a true-to-life illustration of the fight to integrate New ...

The U.S. Mint, overseen by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left), rolled out designs for new coins marking the United States' 250th birthday. In some cases, the recommendations from a citizens ...

A former Salem program coordinator is suing for wrongful termination after being fired for wearing a shirt depicting a famous civil rights painting. The shirt featured Norman Rockwell's "The Problem ...

Everest Elementary School hosted a community walk to celebrate Ruby Bridges Day on Nov. 14. The event honored Ruby Bridges, who was the first Black child to integrate an all-White school in New ...

Over three years, the U.S. Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee sifted through hundreds of ideas for commemorative coins to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. The group settled on ...

LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE OR THE DEATH PENALTY. NEW TONIGHT-- A MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEER IS NOW AT THE CENTER OF A NATIONAL DEBATE OVER AMERICA'S HISTORY. THIS A ...

The Trump administration jettisoned a plan to honor the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage and the civil-rights movement on quarters for the nation’s 250th birthday. Those themes were part of a ...