6 year old Ruby Bridges being escorted by 4 federal marshals to school in New Orleans. Of the original six children chosen to participate in the integration of the New Orleans school system, Ruby was the only one assigned to Willaim Frantz Elementary.

Her father was  initially reluctant, but her mother felt strongly that the move was needed not only to give her own daughter a better education, but to “take this step forward … for all African-American children.”

As Bridges describes it, “Driving up I could see the crowd, but living in New Orleans, I actually thought it was Mardi Gras. There was a large crowd of people outside of the school. They were throwing things and shouting, and that sort of goes on in New Orleans at Mardi Gras.”

Former 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 proud of her.”

- Wikipedia

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    I watched this movie the other week for class. There’s so much of the injustice in this situation that upsets me.
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