Ruby Bridges 
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SOURCE: Washington Post
7/23/2021
Opinion: Students Need to Learn About the Haters and the Helpers of our History
by Michele Norris
"We do our children no favors if we only feed them a steady diet of fairy tales that sidestep life’s complexities.... What’s really at work is adults trying to outrun a sense of shame."
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SOURCE: NPR
11/7/2020
60 Years Later, Ruby Bridges Tells Her Story In 'This Is Your Time'
Ruby Bridges, whose integration of New Orleans Schools in 1960 was captured by Norman Rockwell, has written a children's history book about her experiences.
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