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64 years ago on this day in 1960, 6-year old Ruby Bridges walked into the William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, escorted by 4 federal marshals and made history by becoming the first African-American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.

Her courage and poise paved the way for the fight for Civil Rights and Justice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges
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William Frantz Elementary School, New Orleans, 1960. "After a Federal court ordered the desegregation of schools in the South, U.S. Marshals escorted a young Black girl, Ruby Bridges, to school."

Uncredited DOJ photographer, restored by Adam Cuerden (a relatively minor restoration)

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In the following days, whenever Ruby Bridges entered the school, white parents pulled their own children out; all the teachers except for one refused to teach while a black child was enrolled. Only one person agreed to teach Bridges and that was Barbara Henry, from Boston, Massachusetts, and for over a year Henry taught her alone, "as if she were teaching a whole class."

https://jtojhumanrights.org.uk/ruby-bridges-barbara-henry/
Credit: AP/Shutterstock
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Pic of Barbara Henry and Ruby Bridges, 1998

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