AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY's tweet - "On this day in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American to attend a white elementary school in the South. A visual reminder of what she faced every day. "

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On this day in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first African-American to attend a white elementary school in the South.

A visual reminder of what she faced every day.

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In reply to @AfricanArchives

One Mic: Black History Podcast

@onemichistory

Ruby bridges thought everyone was there for Mardi Gras and that she was going somewhere important like college. She didn’t fully understand what was happening till another student told her that he couldn’t play with her because she was black and the next year it was just over pic.twitter.com/lE9VVdlsaC

Roy Sholay 🇲🇺🦤

@ephemeral1107

This is why they want CRT banned: so you don’t learn the racism your parents and grandparents willingly engaged in pic.twitter.com/zEzDdyOkaj

Marvin Abbey

@marvinabbey

Imagine, this was only 62 yrs ago. Today Ruby Bridges is 68 yrs old. The white girl holding the sign up & a majority of the children of the adults seen in these pictures are most probably still alive too. But people will tell Black people to move on & get over it.

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Eugene Goodman stan account

@banktshirt

My mom was raised in Birmingham, AL during the civil rights movement. That nice, sweet, loving person told me "you better not bring home a white girl"... Can you blame her?

Aisha

@AishaaaMarie

Do not ever mistake compliance with equality

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Nick Kasirye

@KasiryeNick

62 years ago....ONLY!

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Derek J

@Derekj0925

We always hear the story of the brave black men, women & children on how they faced bigotry and hatred. but somehow the faces of those who perpetrated it never get flushed out.Can we find out who these people are? they should be named and forced to bear the cross of their hate.

In reply to @AfricanArchives

Danger Pow三rs 🦇

@SozeDiamonHands

This is what bravery looks like!

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Coco10

@marcellekyer

Remember some of them are someone’s grandparents and most likely is still alive!!

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@1jubril

Who are thos men protecting her? The secret service??

✨ Cortney Miller (Taylor’s Version) ✨

@CortneyMiller22

I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that this was only 5 years before my mom was born and 3 years before my dad was born. 😳🤯

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TJS

@tjs004t

we see their old/grown-up faces at MAGA rallies

Zack Budryk

@BudrykZack

If this seems like ancient history, Bridges is the same age as Jerry Seinfeld

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🗽theRoofdiva🗽🤘

@ThatRoofdiva

I just want to hug the little girl that she was, it’s heartbreaking. I am grateful for her and will never vote for a racist. I will speak up for a POC being verbally abused by a racist. Those are things I can do.

Cait

@nolanolegal

Ms. Ruby is still alive. So is Leona Tate. This isn’t distant history. It’s contemporary.

Lindsay Love

@Luv2Disrupt

We had our Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day at Hartford Sylvia Encinas in @ChandlerUnified. twitter.com/i/web/status/1… pic.twitter.com/KWEDmYXlsf

Jason Waterfalls

@Lex_Naija

This wasn't long ago. Ruby is still alive today. She's 68. pic.twitter.com/Xpc2ropcCq

Chris Rini

@RiniMMA

The older I get, the more I want to see a documentary about the white people protesting in photos like these. We get told the story of the heroes but the villains are gifted anonymity.

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Douglas Beals

@DouglasBeals

What makes me so sad is that little girl carrying the sign saying she wants an all white school. She was taught that from and within her home.

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@Myrouchette

Elle ne mangeait et ne buvait pas à l’école par peur d’être empoisonnée, mais t’en a qui diront qu’ils font les victimes alors que c’était y a seulement 60 ans

Negroni Tenderoni

@DrankyDranks

And most of these folks are still alive. We have senators old enough to be the adults in this photo… more still who are old enough to be that girl. Don’t tell me racism is a thing if the past when the racists themselves are still here presently.

carrington 🌻

@carrchristmas

It’s interesting how the people who are advocating and demanding inclusivity, equity, and equality are framed as trying to indoctrinate the children, and yet throughout history (and today) we see parents doing exactly this to kids but with hateful ideologies, and this is okay??

ASHLEIGH LOUISE

@axhleighlouise

This was only 62 years ago. There are several people alive today who would have lived through this. Very hard to simply get over.

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JaiFillz

@JaiFillz

Anybody know where that lil girl with the sign at?? I know she still here somewhere

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e d murphy

@edmurph47148082

Holy cross school in Belfast springs to mind. Where grown loyalist men and women pissed in bottles and threw them at catholic babies going to school.

Nerdy_BearBastard

@BearWitGlasses

I just want to remind folks that this is still very much recent and not long ago. Ruby is still alive and many still especially kids to young adults from 1960 are still ALIVE. They voting, working, running the country & much more!!

EmmaBsTornSinglet

@Moonflowersunb1

Also, posted in colour as usually racist images are posted in black and white to fool you into thinking it was a really long time ago. This is in your parents lifetime.

Mooney Da Mayor Moore

@DaMayor76107

And yes Ruby Bridges is still here with us✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐔𝐁𝐘 🪩✨ Findom Femme Fatale

@rubysbridge

My Domme namesake.

The degradation didn’t stop with the riots outside of campus walls - the white teachers of this school except one refused to teach her, and she spent an entire year in a class of one

She walked past death threats & harassment daily just to learn. A child

Scott Perry Fan Account

@MFZOOM12

She got the worst parents ever

jason battle

@jasontbattle

human beings man - we treat each other so poorly

Darrias

@ImJustAce

Ruby Bridges is still alive today. Let’s you know how short of a time ago this was.

❄️olive!❄️

@lylaclovessans

Ruby bridges is still alive btw! just about the age of my grandma, only 67 years old.

Master Bruce

@BruceWilliams__

I’m very surprised the internet detectives haven’t done a where are they now on this yet.

FREE PALESTINE

@paliincali

1960 was not that long ago too, that’s insane

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DJ D.Wash

@DJDWash

Ruby Bridges is around my mothers age and I always think this could’ve easily been her had she grown up in that part of the country at that time. Always make me sad/angry when I think about this.

Andre Daughty

@andredaughty

We've all seen the top left hand corner, but the bottom right? That's not at the Book Fair! This ain CRT. This is real US History.

Ruby is only 68 years young. Many who were there are still alive.

#teachers #educators #edutwitter #teachertwitter #teaching #teachersoftwitter

Mu.slim Shady🇹🇿

@Silahunchooz

😂😂this is actually still very recent...highly probable that most of these people are still alive and evil

CLG

@nandipastrop

Le livre sweet sixteen est inspiré de ces faits, lisez le il est vraiment bien

Ruairí Nolan

@rorry1919

It’s truly insane to think about how recent this was.

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Swakoteka.#BeAFather2YourChild

@SwakotekaVukona

American and British are worse racist people

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Kimberly

@Tcherkimberly

OMG humans can really be lowlifes. I’m sorry to anyone who ever suffered this kind of treatment due to the color of their skin or their religion or their gender orientation. But to do this to a six year old child you have got to be the worst humanity

Dani (she)

@dmts000

a senhora tem agora 68 anos btw. metade dos vossos avós são mais velhos que ela ;)

†♡holy bloody cupid♡†

@holybloodycupid

Fearful that I might never leave in peace as a black person , too much harm was done to us and is still inflicted upon us, I feel sick thinking that this was not even centuries ago

Ju$tinnn

@Justinntimere

Everytime I see stuff like this it make me realize how disgusting white ppl are… & I’m pretty sure if they had a choice most would still be like this…

Yanster

@itsAyane

My Mom was 9 or 10 at the time

Healed by Compassion

@compassion_heal

😢

In reply to @AfricanArchives

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Cleveland 🟥

@ZeroDarkJeenYus

That's why it's so important to never forget our history.

Sharkula 7736474995

@caviarbrian182

🙏🏾Bless up!

Rockwithbill🕴️

@Bill_Mugambi

Heartbreaking 💔

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HowManySmall

@howmanysmaII

awful racist fucks man is she still alive today

Amerjit Kaur

@amerjitkk

The thing that scares me most is that people like this still exist. They’re just not openly hateful anymore. Racism is not gone, it’s just hidden.

𝕌𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕕𝕠𝕘𝔹𝕋: 𝔹𝕃𝕄 ✊🏿

@B_Rabbit843

I could only imagine what was going on in Ruby Bridges's mind going through this racism every day just for being a Black girl in a White school.

In reply to @AfricanArchives

The Beautiful Thug 🦂♏️

@BlameTheQueen

We should’ve stayed segregated and in control of what our babies are being taught…. Nobody understands me when I say this though 😔

Frederick B Cannion II

@fcannion

Never forget that we as human beings have come so far from moments like this. YET we have to also understand that mentalities like this still exist and have passed on to children and grandchildren. We as a people have to continue to come together with empathy! To raise a better

Trel™️

@TrelGarner1

They don’t wanna teach CRT or show these pics in school cause some of y’all might see familiar faces

Fat Apollo (Parity)

@realfatapollo

Hey Terfs

This is what you are

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@Lady8Jane

Wanted to add that this is not the distant past. Ruby Bridges in her 60s today and working as a civil rights activist.

Pie the GOAT

@passportpie

How would y’all feel about being segregated rn & building more Black Wall Streets?

Weezy

@Marweezy_F_Baby

Little white girl here is actually marjorie taylor greene can you believe it

𝙎𝙮𝙡𝙫𝙞𝙖 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙮 ❄️⛄️🧥🥾🧣❄️

@sylviadjp

This is the first piece of art I see everyday when I get home. It's a constant reminder to keep going, keep going, keep going...

Thank you Ruby Bridges. 🙏🏿 pic.twitter.com/gJjBICEdpJ

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JOJO 🇺🇸

@TumekaYfn

Integration killed us aka the black community smh

nick

@SainttNick

It’s still insane to me that this was only 62 years ago.

Real Nigga Quezzy💯✊🏿

@QuezzyQuez707

They never talked about this in School
Cause this is what you called "HISTORY"

8-Bit Prince

@8_bit_prince

NINETEEN FUCKING SIXTIES

This was not that long ago.

Racism isnt ancient. It's been going strong and still it RECENTLY

Stiggy

@stiggaroo

Horrific, even more so that Ruby Bridges is alive today (and only 68) this is in living memory, not some horse and cart throwback

Tanuki Des Andes

@T_a_n_u_k_i

Ces photos de manif me donnent la nausée.

Coach Hall

@coachhalldbu903

60 years 🤯

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@CarelessJayyy

I’ll never forget them using grey pictures in our text books to make it seem like it was a different era. Meanwhile it was like 40 years ago, from when I was school.

Terrance Carroll

@speakercarroll

Thank you Ms. Bridges

Ari, MBA 🇧🇧 🇪🇷🪬

@imariyahall

A reminder that Ruby was only 7, facing racism alone.

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@AlexZap14

Они были правы.
Я не хочу, чтобы мои дети ходили в одну школу с чурросами и цыганами.

Puggalf the Grey - mid-evil wizzer SaGa

@puggalf

This was just 62 years ago.

La papaya🍌

@kev_bundleSSS

Clown ass country fr

Rachel Sklar (she/her)

@rachelsklar

Every time I marvel at the bravery of that little girl

𝒟𝑜𝓁𝓁𝓎✨

@dollyrecc

Tanto odio me genera este tipo de discriminación. Las personas de piel oscura son tan superiores en muchos sentidos 🛐

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Bebe Bootilicious 🔞 🇬🇭

@BBBootilicious

Wtf 😳

🅿️ay💧

@Cami_Kloo

I don’t think I’ve ever seen any of these photos in color

Rico Dupree Walker

@CoachRicoWalker

Integration is a moral sin……. That’s how some people thought and some people still do feel this way about black people. 🤯🤯🤯🤯

Him Hudson 📸 ig:@tbearthephotographer

@tbearsnapped

WE WANT AN APOLOGY

Anchorman - Ron Burgundy (Parody)

@JayBigd3

Biden fought to keep us segregated too. Something about not wanting kids to grow up in a "racial jungle" but everyone glosses over the fact that Dems wanted segregation.

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vini

@viny_cinho

Ruby Bridges, tava tentando lembrar sábado

Cor

@CorneliuxBoss

We should make sure that people do not forget. This is now 62 years ago but these actions are often not recognized by those who "do not see colour" while there are still people who lived through this era.

Abraham

@Abrahalm

And Americans are the integration champions of the world?

CLAIRE A

@_Claire_A

“Integration is a mortal sin.”. 😑

Savvy

@Savvy_1of1

Just one of the many reasons, why they want to ban books and erase history.

#RubyBridges #History #knowyourheroes

I should see

@DejoGenije

integracija drugih ljudi, koji nismo mi, je smrtni greh!!!

Max Leo Berg

@Maximillion96

Most of these people are still alive and are now talking about how “everyone is so sensitive now days!!”

FREE HAITI 🇭🇹!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@voodooprvst

Why would you put your kid in harms way like this honestly I would never go we’re I’m not wanted 🥹

Order of Melchizedek

@7MelChizedek

Wish we can identify all of these white people and their offspring

Jermaine Michaels

@TemieApooyin

Damn.😞

Amahte ☀️

@amahte_sun

Who is going to apologize and 💰 for this🧐

Karlita

@Karlawitha__K

Disgusting

Resiliencà

@Nxbert

White people are insane.
The girl top right is probably 68-72 rn and boring Republican 😩

Empress Muffin

@MoneyBaggMuff

I’m all for segregation!!! I don’t wanna mix with nobody who has sex with dogs and smells like them ! Scoot and Scyattt YALL stringy haired asses on 😵‍💫

Jerrell

@Jwarner_22

✊🏾

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