Ruby Bridges: the six-year-old who defied a mob and desegregated her school

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In 1960, she walked past hateful protesters to become the first Black child at a Louisiana school – and was then taught alone for a year. She discusses fear, forbearance and her fight for a better future

, it had caused an uproar. President Eisenhower had to call in federal troops to escort the children through a national guard blockade ordered by the governor. Three years later it was Louisiana’s turn. Bridges was one of six Black children to pass a test to gain access to formerly all-white schools. But two of the children dropped out and three went, on the same day, to a different school. So Bridges was all on her own.

 

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Wow... Really touching... Very innocent walking through lions, unaware... Racism is transmitted from parents in most cases, other pick it up from the environment.

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