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Ruby Bridges was from a working class family in the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans. While both whites and blacks lived in the neighborhood, residents were segregated by block. Schools were segregated as well; though Ruby lived only five blocks from William Frantz Elementary, she had to walk much further to attend the school reserved for African American students.
On 14 November 1960, however, Ruby Bridges became the first black student to integrate a school in the South.
Under the escort of federal marshals, Ruby rode to William Frantz Elementary and entered the school building under their protection. She faced an angry crowd that shouted obscene, racist threats at Ruby as she entered the school. Even to use the restroom, she had to be escorted by the marshals, and Ruby ate lunch alone in the classroom every day, with food she brought from home, since there were threats that the 6-year-old Ruby would be poisoned.
All the teachers refused to teach in a segregated school, except for Barbara Henry, who taught Ruby every day for the entire school year.
The White Citizens’ Council held a meeting in the Municipal Auditorium attended by over 5,000 people on 15 November, where the leaders of the meeting called for protests and boycotts to resist integration.
Ruby Bridges finished grammar school at William Frantz and graduated from an integrated high school.
Ruby Bridges’ father lost his job as a gas station attendant because of integration, and the grocery store where they shopped refused to sell anything to them. Some white families continued to send their children to Frantz despite the protests, a neighbor provided her father with a new job, and local people babysat, watched the house as protectors.
A shepherd finds his lost sheep in an unfortunate predicament. Another watercolor illustration from my sketchbook.
I remember liking Baragon a lot when I was a kid. In Frankenstein Conquers the World, he was the culprit in consuming livestock in the countryside, so I guess that is where the idea came from.
“The bill, which would ensure that same-sex and interracial marriages are enshrined in federal law, was approved 61-36 on Tuesday, including support from 12 Republicans”
I want emphasize to y'all how surreal this is to any LGBTQ person over the age of 25 that 12 Republican Senators would support a Marriage Equality bill, let alone every Democrat. I remember when it was brave for any politician, including Democrats, to be in favor of LGBTQ rights. It wasn’t that long ago that it was such a radical position to take that it was reserved for politicians on the left-edge of the mainstream like Bernie Sanders.
It is kind of amazing that this can be written off as a small win to someone like me who came out just about 20 years ago when it was still illegal to be gay in 14 states (including my own state of Texas).
I’m only 32 and I’ve gone from seeing my existence as illegal to seeing people poo-pooing the codification of marriage equality as small potatoes. I just want to appreciate the moment.
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