THEN:
A Black
Girl Escorted to School - 1960
On November 14, 1960, nearly 49 years ago, 6
year old Ruby Bridges faced hostile crowds, and
had to be escorted by U.S. Marshals, because she
was the first black child to attend previously
all-white William Frantz Elementary School in
New Orleans, Louisiana. Ruby was 6 years old.
(The Great Norman Rockwell created the
painting above depicting that event.)
That morning, she had only been told by her
mother that she was going to be attending a new
school that day and 'had better behave.' Little
did little Ruby know that she would be bombarded
with jeers and even death threats; and that she
would end up being the sole child in her first
grade class because all the other children were
kept home by their parents. All because Ruby was
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NOW
A Black
Girl Escorted to School - 2009
On January 5, 2009, nearly 49 years after Ruby
attended her school, 7 year old Sasha Obama,
faced cheering schoolmates as she is escorted by
her Mother and U. S. Secret Service Agents to
Sidwell Friends Elementary School in Washington,
DC. Her Mother, the current First Lady of the
United States of America, had Secret Service
escort because Sasha's daddy is now the 44th
President of the United States, Barack Obama:
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