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American History

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marmar

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Mon Jun 15, 2026, 09:17 AM Yesterday

Great Americans: A conversation with Ruby Bridges [View all]




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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