@remixtures
(I need to correct the above post of mine but not enough characters in the original post.)
Actually, it wasn't the "protesters" who were being defended... per se. It was black students like little #RubyBridges who needed protection from both "protesters" AND the government (that was baring their entry.)
Sorry for the (slight) error.
2/2 🇺🇸Ruby Bridges reminds us that none of us walk alone—our journey is built on the sacrifices, determination, and peaceful resistance of those who came before us.
📌The future depends on what we do now. Let’s honor those who paved the way—not just in words, but through intentional advocacy, organizing, and engagement.
#CivilRights #Dei #quotes #history #rubybridges #SocialJustice #genz #freedom #racism #equality #unity
On a beautiful morning, a huge crowd of Acacia Magnet School students and parents turned out for the Ruby Bridges Walk in honor of Black History Month.
When she was 6 years old in 1960, Ruby Bridges’ parents volunteered to have her be the first African-American student to attend a segregated public school in New Orleans.
Despite threats so serious that she required the protection of US marshals, Ruby calmly walked past the haters all year to get an education, setting an example for generations to follow. (1/2)
#blackhistorymonth #rubybridges #courage #tolerance #cvusd #chooselovenothate #thousandoaks #tocc
Just for the sake of correct information, she turned 70 last September.
#blackhistorymonth #blackwomen #blackwomenhistory #RubyBridges
#BlackHistoryMonth - daily short history audio features
Posted February 7, 2022 by 'mpger
"Everyday in the month of February #WMPG is airing a short audio feature about an influential Black man or woman in history. We’ll hear about people from Maine to Malawi. We celebrate scientists, radicals, teachers, preachers, musicians, athletes, and those who fought to followed their dreams.
You can hear them all again right here:
Billie Holiday, Leonard Cummings, Macon Bolling Allen, Harriet Tubman, Nelson Mandela, Shirley Chisholm, Marsha P. Johnson, Gordon Parks, Jackie Robinson, #MaryMcleodBethune, #JosephineBaker, #GeraldTalbot, #DukeEllington, #NinaSimone, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLorde, #SojournerTruth, Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisolm, Tarana Burke, #ScottJoplin, Angela Davis, #EmmittTill, #BarackObama, #ClaudetteColvin, #RubyBridges, Cornel West, #AliciaGarza #PatrisseCullors and #OpalTometi"
Link to mp3 audio files:
https://www.wmpg.org/black-history-month-audio-history-stories/
#BlackHistory #BlackMusicians #BlackHistoricalFigures #CommunityRadio #WMPGFM
@SonofaGeorge @Jaden3 Better to put #RubyBridges on the $20 bill. Outrageous that there is a bill celebrating Andrew Jackson.
@Jaden3 An enlightened country would put #RubyBridges on their $5 bill.
#MtP had an interview with #RubyBridges this morning (first child to integrate public school), and it included the following photo:
Notice the signs touting "#StatesRights". It's what the #CivilWar was supposedly about (the South's right to practice slavery), and it's the argument Southern states used every time to reject The Supremacy Clause.
So when you hear #MAGAts & #Republicans whining about "States Rights" on ANY issue, THIS is where it comes from and what they REALLY mean: #Racism
What a thread on Ruby Bridges, segregation and integration. Terrific.
https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/113484464709295036
h/t @AkaSci
#segregation #integration #HumanRights #RubyBridges #USpol #USpolitics #USHistory @histodons @blackmastodon
64 years ago on this day in 1960, 6-year old Ruby Bridges walked into the William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, escorted by 4 federal marshals and made history by becoming the first African-American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.
Her courage and poise paved the way for the fight for Civil Rights and Justice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Bridges
#RubyBridges #segregation #integration #CivilRights #USpolitics #USHistory
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From @berniceaking on Dead Bird:
Nov 14, 1960, 6yo #RubyBridges bravely walked into William Frantz Elementary School, the 1st Black student to integrate the school in New Orleans, Louisiana. Surrounded by federal marshals, Ruby faced immense hostility, yet her courage & resilience made her a powerful symbol in the fight for racial equality...helped pave the way for #integration & justice in #education...[E]ven the youngest among us can be powerful agents of change.
💛 From the @TheDailyEdge article “Talking to White People About Racism”
Not so long ago, if parents disagreed with a specific lesson, they had the option to keep their child home from school that day. They still have that right. They should exercise it.
—@clayrivers
#Racism #BlackHistory #RacialEquity #Inclusion #RubyBridges #LoveOneAnother
@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon@chirp.social
@blackmastodon@a.gup.pe
https://thedailyedge.substack.com/p/talking-to-white-people-about-racism
💛 From the @TheDailyEdge article “Talking to White People About Racism”—
Not so long ago, if parents disagreed with a specific lesson, they had the option to keep their child home from school that day. They still have that right. They should exercise it.
—@clayrivers
#Racism #BlackHistory #RacialEquity #Inclusion #RubyBridges #LoveOneAnother
@BigAngBlack
@BlackMastodon@chirp.social
@blackmastodon@a.gup.pe
https://thedailyedge.substack.com/p/talking-to-white-people-about-racism
It's the parents. They are indoctrinating their children to continue the American caste system and pissed that anyone is providing information to counter that brainwashing.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/26/ruby-bridges-book-ban-civil-rights
I love watching righties lose their shit over stuff like this. I mean, it’s absolutely fucking glorious.
#RubyBridges
On Confronting Racism: Powerful Quotes By Ruby Bridges
"We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society."
~ Ruby Bridges
#quote #quoteoftheday #QuotePost #quotesonmastodon #society #RubyBridges #responsibility #dailylife #life #justsociety
