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marmar

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Mon Jun 15, 2026, 09:17 AM 3 hrs ago

Great Americans: A conversation with Ruby Bridges




Tom Llamas sits down with civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, who at just six years old carried the weight of the civil rights movement just by going to school. She describes what it was like to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans back then, and recounts several stories, including one when a racial slur was used against her.


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Great Americans: A conversation with Ruby Bridges (Original Post) marmar 3 hrs ago OP
Thanks for posting this rurallib 3 hrs ago #1
Thanks for posting this! tblue37 2 hrs ago #2
I reposted a tribute to brave Americans like Ruby. usonian 2 hrs ago #3
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