Ruby Bridges
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Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.
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You cannot look at a person and tell whether they're good or bad.
. Kelly Foxnov - Nov 13, 2024
Racism is a grown-up disease, and we must stop using our children to spread it.
Ruby Bridges speaking at Memorial Church on April 18, 2002
Good and evil comes in all shades and colors... evil is not prejudiced.... evil just needs an opportunity to work through you....
Ruby Bridges speaking at Memorial Church on April 18, 2002
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Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960. She is the subject of a 1964 painting, The Problem We All Live With, by Norman Rockwell.
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