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Ruby Bridges

The integration of the New Orleans school system

1960
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

In 1960, when Ruby was six years old, her parents responded to a request from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans school system, even though her father was hesitant.


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