She was one of the Clinton 12, Black students who broke a race barrier by entering a Tennessee high school in 1956 in the face of harassment by white segregationists. By Adam Nossiter Adam Nossiter is ...

The civil rights trailblazer was one of 12 Black students who attended the first integrated public high school in Clinton, Tenn. Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Cameron Boyce’s grandmother and activist Jo Ann Allen Boyce has died at age 84 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Jo Ann was surrounded by her family at her home in California when she died on ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jo Ann Boyce, a member of the Clinton 12, has died at 84. The civil rights pioneer faced violent KKK mobs and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jo Ann Allen Boyce, who as part of the “Clinton 12” helped integrate one of the first public schools in the South, died on Wednesday at her Los Angeles home. She was 84. Her ...

Ruth Codd, who recently competed on "The Celebrity Traitors," has had her second below-the-knee amputation. Image courtesy of BBC Nov. 29 (UPI) --Irish actress and TikTok star Ruth Codd announced she ...

Irish Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd has opened up about why she underwent her second leg amputation. The 29-year-old Co Wexford actress had her first leg removed six years ago following a football ...

Ruth Codd posted on TikTok that she had her leg removed below the knee. She had her first amputation when she was 23 after hurting her foot playing soccer as a teen. She is now 29 years old. “I got ...

At 15, Ruth Codd suffered a football injury that never properly healed, leading to years of chronic pain, hospital visits, and reliance on crutches. At 23, she opted for her first below knee ...

Irish actress and The Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd has revealed she has undergone a second leg amputation. The 29-year-old had one leg amputated when she was 23, following an injury she sustained ...

Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd has revealed the reason why she had her second leg amputated. The 29-year-old's first leg was amputated six years ago after a football injury which never healed ...

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