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Ruby Bridges …Civil Rights Movement…Black History…

Posted on by Janis Sexton

#FloridaTeacher♥️🍎   #TeacherLove

First posted Sept 10, 2026…

Ruby Bridges was born …
Sept 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi…
At just 6yrs old, became a historic icon of the Civil Rights Movement…

Today…

Nov 14, 1960, became the first African American child to integrate a white public. elementary school in the South…

#BlackHistoryEveryday                  #OurPreciousChildren

“Go where there is no path and begin the trail. When you start a new trail equipped with courage, strength and conviction, the only thing that can stop you is you!”

Ruby Bridges
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Retired elementary public school teacher; all thirty-eight years in Florida... Now spending my time advocating for our children and their right to a strong public school education...With an appreciation for the arts, and the magic in each day✨...

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