Mary Beth Tinker and John Tinker display two black armbands. The children, both students at North High School, were suspended from classes along with three other students for wearing the bands to ...

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McKeesport native Helen Richey became the first woman to fly a commercial airliner to deliver mail and transport passengers. She was part of what was known as the “air-minded movement.” Richey and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a group of white and African American integrationists entered a St. Augustine, Fla. segregated hotel pool in 1964, the hotel ...