β€œFormer United States Deputy Marshal Charles Burks later recalled, "She showed a lot of courage. She never cried. She didn't whimper. She just marched along like a little soldier, and we're all very very proud of her."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges

Ruby Bridges - Wikipedia

@DataChick I look at this, and I realize it happened the year before I was born.
Not sure why I'm so surprised. This tale has been told for centuries, and it looks like we continue to live that way.
@pburke46 Same. Not too many years before I was born, but my heart is both broken and angered this is still an issue.
@pburke46 What’s amazing to me is that Barack Obama was born just 10 months later than this event.
@DataChick I just started reading 1619 project πŸ’”
@psb_dc I haven’t done that yet.
@DataChick i just started reading it. And Hulu has a mini series on it as well.

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Ruby Bridges, for those wondering.

She's still with us among the living and fighting.

@DataChick Growing up with the mosconception that adults can't be evil is dangerous to kids.

This is the ruse evil adults want to maintain. And I'm with Hannah Arendt most of the time, ignorance is evil, and evil is ignorance.

@DataChick could not agree more. What's to be afraid of.
@DataChick Can you imagine being that brave as a child? Most of us would have been crying and rushing back to the people that took care of us..
@alcinoe Exactly.
@DataChick @alcinoe If only the informal education that Black kids receive from their communities could be extended to all Americans. Because they know.
@DataChick I cannot boost this enough.

@DataChick To be fair, Emmett Till didn't.

And to be fairer, that's an even stronger reason to learn about it