The First Black Child in Her White School

You may have heard of Ruby Bridges.  At the age of six, she single-handedly integrated her all-white school in New Orleans.  Single-handedly, but with help.  On her first day of school, she was met by an angry white mob.  

That was in 1960.  In this NPR piece, Bridges describes the loneliness she experienced because she never saw another child in the school.  She found out later that the white children were being hidden.  She also talks about her white teacher, Mrs. Henry, who advocated for her.  Go here to listen.  

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