February 13, 2013
Pursuing the Past in the 21st Century
Ruby Bridges Integrates a New Orleans Elementary School,
September 1960 (Courtesy NOLA.com)
(Note: At least one daily post throughout February will be devoted to African American History Month)
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Exposing the underbelly of a society, putting it in our face, saying "Is this who we still are?"
Posted by: Jim | Feb 13, 2013 6:44:44 AM
I will never forget that little girl. I was her age, and I remember asking my mother if she thought she would be safe in the new school. A little over a decade later, in college, I met many African Americans whose families had moved in order to spare them the terrors of school integration.
Posted by: Elatia Harris | Feb 13, 2013 9:55:02 AM
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