A 6-Year-Old Girl Walked Into A School — And 500 Kids Were Removed Because Of It

Can you imagine going to the first day of school to find 500 kids taken home by their parents — because of you? That’s what happened to a 6-year-old girl who had no idea of the hate and ignorance surrounding her at the time.Ruby Bridges was the first African-American to attend a white elementary school…

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Nov 15, 2013

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This is episode 5 of “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr.” It airs Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 8 p.m. ET on PBS. The episode examines the long road to civil rights, when the deep contradictions in American society finally became unsustainable.

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