The first black child ever allowed to attend a white school is only 68 years old now.
White parents pulled their children from school. White teachers refused to teach her.
Ruby Bridges now works as an activist & public speaker
This wasn’t a million years ago. /1
@TheRealTraceyDelaney EVERY TIME I see that picture of that tiny brave girl, my heart clutches. Then I see those cruel twisted faces and my stomach turns. Those women are likely still alive too, and I hope they are ashamed.
@KLB same. How could you see anything but a beautiful, precious child.