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Today is the 56th anniversary of Ruby Bridges' boundary-breaking first day of school
- Anna Mae
- Nov 16, 2016
- 1 min read
by Daryl Lindsey
''On this day 56 years ago, a 6-year-old girl walked into a school building.
It should have been mundane, like any other day – but that girl was Ruby Bridges, a young black girl on her first day at an all-white school.
Angry protestors screamed at her as she walked in, and most parents pulled their children out of class for the day.
And Ruby, just a child, had no idea...''
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