24 Mar 2024
During #WomensHistoryMonth, we salute local activist #RubyDuncan, who was instrumental along with other community leaders in establishing the original #WestLasVegasLibrary in 1973 đź–¤! Thanks to her efforts, we are excited to bring a brand-new library to #WestLasVegas in 2025!
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22 Mar 2024
During #WomensHistoryMonth, we salute local activist #RubyDuncan, who was instrumental along with other community leaders in establishing the original #WestLasVegasLibrary in 1973 đź–¤! Thanks to her efforts, we are excited to bring a brand-new library to #WestLasVegas in 2025!
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20 Mar 2024
During #WomensHistoryMonth, we salute local activist #RubyDuncan, who was instrumental along with other community leaders in establishing the original #WestLasVegasLibrary in 1973 đź–¤! Thanks to her efforts, we are excited to bring a brand-new library to #WestLasVegas in 2025!
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18 Mar 2024
During #WomensHistoryMonth, we salute local activist #RubyDuncan, who was instrumental along with other community leaders in establishing the original #WestLasVegasLibrary in 1973 đź–¤! Thanks to her efforts, we are excited to bring a brand-new library to #WestLasVegas in 2025!
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11 Mar 2024
During #WomensHistoryMonth, we salute local activist #RubyDuncan, who was instrumental along with other community leaders in establishing the original #WestLasVegasLibrary in 1973 đź–¤! Thanks to her efforts, we are excited to bring a brand-new library to #WestLasVegas in 2025!
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6 Mar 2024
🌟 Today marks 53 years since the legendary Ruby Duncan led a historic protest in Las Vegas for welfare rights! Watch "Storming Caesars Palace" on PBS and help us honor her courage and dedication to fighting for social change✊🏾❤️
#RubyDuncan #WelfareRights #makeitwork
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9 Jun 2023
@ClarkCountySch @CCSD_Trustees
#RubyDuncan all students should know who she is and her work and impact for families in Las Vegas
21 Mar 2023
On June 30th, 1966, they had the first NATIONWIDE welfare rights protest. Learn more about the history of #welfarerights. Watch #StormingCaesarsPalace, now streaming on @IndependentLens @PBS: pbs.org/stormingcaesars
#RubyDuncan #StormingCaesarsPBS
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7 Jun 2023
Today is Ruby Duncan’s birthday! We want to highlight all the fantastic work she’s done.
Watch the @VegasPBS exclusive on her documentary Storming Caesars Palace, and wish Ms. Ruby a happy birthday!
pbs.org/video/storming-caesa…
#miwn #stormingcaesarspalace #rubyduncan #pbs #vegaspbs
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5 Jun 2023
Ms. Ruby Duncan has been a star in Las Vegas' civil rights history, and this week is all about her! Here are some throwback pics from March’s Storming Caesars Palace premiere! @VegasPBS
#miwn #stormingcaesarspalace #StormingCaesarsPBS #rubyduncan
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17 May 2023
One more month to stream Storming Caesars Palace for free on the PBS App. Watch today!
pbs.org/independentlens/docu…
#StormingCaesarsPalace #StormingCaesarsPBS #Revolutionary #RubyDuncan #antipoverty #welfarerights #ubi #Motherpower #WomenRising
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23 Apr 2023
The new #AbodoCollective #RubyDuncan mural has now been unveiled and it look’s beautiful ❤️ Happy #EarthDay2023 to everyone!!
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14 Apr 2023
As this country threatens learning about true history & this platform threatens the amazingness that is @PBS, thought I would share a story about a hero I am just learning about named #RubyDuncan in @HazelMG's @IndependentLens doc @StormingCaesars found on PBS.org
19 Mar 2023
After losing her job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas, Ruby Duncan joined up with a
group of mothers who took on the Nevada mob and shut down Caesars Palace. Learn their story on @IndependentLens' Storming Caesars Palace TMRW @ 10p. PBS SoCal/PBS app!
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10 Apr 2023
Storming Caesars Palace is more relevant than ever amidst record high wealth inequality, and poverty leading to calls for a guaranteed income. Learn more about the history of this struggle. Watch now on the #PBS app.
#stormingcaesarspbs
#rubyduncan
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5 Apr 2023
We had the best time at the ACT Human Rights Film Festival in Colorado this weekend. An engaged audience, eager for change, and a packed house. Thanks @actfilmfest
@sondragilbert
#humanrights #StormingCaesarsPalace #StormingCaesarsPBS #Revolutionary #RubyDuncan
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3 Apr 2023
“We have to hit the strip!” After the state of Nevada cut 75% of public assistance given to women with children, #RubyDuncan organized a march down the Las Vegas Strip.
Watch #StormingCaesarsPalace to learn more! Now streaming on @PBS. @IndependentLens @womenmakemovies
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28 Mar 2023
In the 1970s, the myth of the “welfare queen” was popularized by Ronald Reagan as he began his presidential campaign. #RubyDuncan banded together with other women activists to fight that harmful stereotype, by launching a revolutionary Black feminist anti-poverty movement.
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25 Mar 2023
A great set of pics from #stormingceasarspalace
At the west Las Vegas library! #rubyduncan is a true legend! Thx @VegasPBS for showcasing the history of #blacklasvegas
flickr.com/photos/vegaspbs/a…
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22 Mar 2023
TONIGHT 7:30/6:30c After #RubyDuncan lost her job, she and other activists led an income inequality protest that effectively shut down some of the largest casinos on the Las Vegas Strip. Watch @IndependentLens’ #StormingCaesarsPBS: worldchannel.org/episode/sto… #WomensHistoryMonth
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22 Mar 2023
Step into the conversation about school bans and takeovers. Black history is American history
#StormingCaesarsPalace #resistance #womenshistorymonth #rubyduncan
apnews.com/article/houston-s…
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21 Mar 2023
On June 30th, 1966, they had the first NATIONWIDE welfare rights protest. Learn more about the history of #welfarerights. Watch #StormingCaesarsPalace, now streaming on @IndependentLens @PBS: pbs.org/stormingcaesars
#RubyDuncan #StormingCaesarsPBS
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