Posts Tagged ‘black history’

Black History Month: Ruby Bridges

By The Schoolmarm • Feb 6th, 2012 • Category: educational

Ruby Bridges was six years old when she help to integrate a New Orleans school. Black History Month is a good time to read her story to your children.



Dr. King Holiday: Lesson in Democracy

By The Schoolmarm • Jan 12th, 2012 • Category: holidays

A wonderful lesson in democracy is the story of how students at an Oakland school brought about the holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It should inspire us to focus on things of value, and to give our time to seeing our goals accomplished. These students lived what Dr. King encouraged in people of [...]



Kayla and Dr. King

By The Schoolmarm • Jan 4th, 2009 • Category: self esteem

The Schoolmarm meets seven year old Kayla, and learns a lesson from Dr. King.