Today we mourn the loss of one of the mothers of the Civil Rights Movement in New Orleans with the passing of Lucille Bridges — mother of five, including Ruby Bridges, who as a first-grader in 1960 was one of six black children to integrate the all-white William Frantz School. pic.twitter.com/AMvcxsWbJu
— Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) November 11, 2020
Lucille's strength was unbounded during this period. Her husband was reluctant when the request came from the Natio… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) November 11, 2020
Lucille insisted, seeing the action as an opportunity to help all Black children, and walked Ruby, with federal mar… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) November 11, 2020
Today, folks recall Ruby as the little girl depicted in Norman Rockwell's painting 'The Problem We All Live With,'… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) November 11, 2020
I think I speak for all mothers who want the best for their children when I hope for the same moral courage, braver… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Mayor LaToya Cantrell (@mayorcantrell) November 11, 2020
Lucille Bridges, the mother of Ruby Bridges, who walked with her daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as she became the first Black student at her all-white elementary school, has died at the age of 86. https://t.co/j7najsoDe3
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 11, 2020
Ms Bridges is an American heroine. Just imagine— what a tough and dangerous decision she made for her daughter, Ruby, all the little Black girls in New Orleans and across the nation to follow. And she lived long enough to see a Black woman become VP. RIP Lucille Bridges. https://t.co/TY5mtqaIjs pic.twitter.com/VPiyFuSlTr
— Kim Bondy (@KimBondy) November 11, 2020
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