Ruby is just 8 years older than me. My best friend in elementary school in Orange Texas was a black girl named Delores Preston. She was the smartest girl in our school and I loved my friend. We never played together outside of school. I want better for my children.
Also, be mindful of the fact that the people that wouldn't let their children attend class with Ruby Bridges were the parents of many people still alive today. Ruby is not the only one still alive. They carry with them the racist attitudes of their parents. Sure people can change, but have they?
This is Lucille Bridges, Ruby's mother. I often ask myself if I could send my child into the lion's den for the sake of social justice. I am in awe of her courage.
The degree of anger, hostility,and violence towards a small child has always sickened me. I will never understand their prioritizing of hate over even a child's safety
I have always admired you and how you held yourself together as such a young child. You have lent me your courage on occasion. Thank you
#respect #rubybridges
#weareallinthistogether #powertothepeople
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I mean, they WERE taken in black and white, we just forget how recent color pictures are, but it still enforces the feeling of "it was forever ago."
#respect #rubybridges
#weareallinthistogether #powertothepeople