Showing posts with label 1st African American. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1st African American. Show all posts

Monday, September 15, 2014

1st African American child to desegregate an all-white elementary school clocks 60


Happy 60th birthday to Ruby Bridges! As a six-year-old, Ruby Bridges famously became the first African American child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in the South. When the 1st grader walked to William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans on November 14, 1960 surrounded by a team of U.S. Marshals, she was met by a vicious mob shouting and throwing objects at her. 

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