Tracey DelaneyNov 21, 2022
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
Show threadNellMinowNov 21, 2022
@TheRealTraceyDelaney This Norman Rockwell painting was loaned to the Obamas so it could hang outside the Oval Office. They told Ms. Bridges they would not be there without what she did. She was alone in the classroom all year.
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@nminow @TheRealTraceyDelaney I saw a feature on Google Arts and Culture all about the painting and how Rockwell created it. Especially interested in a part about the reason that Ruby isn't right in the middle of the picture, because it was created for a magazine, and that would put her figure in the fold of the page. But that it also works thematically, because having her pressing ahead that way shows her lack of fear and her eagerness to get to school and learn.
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Show threadBarry Hope #FBPENov 28, 2022
@beecycling @nminow @TheRealTraceyDelaney I had the privilege of seeing the original in an exhibition in Caen, France a few years ago. The care Rockwell took over the details in planning his works is breathtaking. Nothing is there on a whim.