Ruby Bridges and Kamala Harris January 2021 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Ruby Bridges and Kamala Harris January 2021 / Ron Cogswell
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| 説明 | Per Wikipedia:Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in November 1960. She is also the subject of a 1964 painting, The Problem We All Live With, by Norman Rockwell.In July 2011, Bridges met with President Barack Obama at the White House, and while viewing the Norman Rockwell painting of her on display he told her, "I think it's fair to say that if it hadn't been for you guys, I might not be here and we wouldn't be looking at this together". In March 2024, Bridges was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in recognition of her significant contributions to civil rights and education in the United States________________________________________________Ruby Bridges was born in September, 1954, during the Civil Rights Movement. Brown v. Board of Education was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in May 1954, three months and twenty-two days before Bridges' birth.The court ruling declared that the establishment of separate public schools for white children, which black children were barred from attending, was unconstitutional; accordingly, black students were permitted to attend such schools. Though the Brown v. Board of Education decision was finalized in 1954, southern states were extremely resistant to the decision that they must integrate within six years.Many white people did not want schools to be integrated and, though it was a federal ruling, state governments were not doing their part in enforcing the new laws. In 1957, at the direction of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R), federal troops were ordered to Little Rock (AR), to escort the 'Little Rock Nine' students in combating violence that occurred as a result of the decision. Under significant pressure from the federal government, the Orleans Parish School Board administered an entrance exam to students at Bridges' school with the intention of keeping black children out of white schools.Bridges attended a segregated kindergarten in 1959.In early 1960, Bridges was one of six black children in New Orleans to pass the test that determined whether they could go to the all-white William Frantz Elementary School. Two of the six decided to stay at their old school, Bridges went to Frantz by herself, and three children (Gail Etienne, Leona Tate and Tessie Prevost) were transferred to the all-white McDonogh No. 19 Elementary School. All four 6-year-old girls were escorted to school by federal marshals during the first day they attended the two schools. In the following days of that year, federal marshals continued to escort them.Federal District Court Judge J. Skelly Wright's court order for the first day of integrated schools in New Orleans on Monday, November 14, 1960, was commemorated by Norman Rockwell in the painting, 'The Problem We All Live With' (published in Look magazine on January 14, 1964).As Bridges describes it, "Driving up [to the school] I could see the crowd, but living in New Orleans, I actually thought it was Mardi Gras. There was a large crowd of people outside of the school. They were throwing things and shouting, and that sort of goes on in New Orleans at Mardi Gras."Former U.S. Deputy Marshal Charles Burks who escorted Bridges that day later recalled, "She showed a lot of courage. She never cried. She didn't whimper. She just marched along like a little soldier, and we're all very very proud of her."In 2010, Bridges had a 50th-year reunion at William Frantz Elementary with Pam Foreman Testroet, who had been, at the age of five, the first white child to break the boycott that ensued from Bridges' attendance at that school.In July 2011, Bridges met with President Barack Obama at the White House, and while viewing the Norman Rockwell painting of her on display he told her, "I think it's fair to say that if it hadn't been for you guys, I might not be here and we wouldn't be looking at this together". The Rockwell painting was displayed in the West Wing of the White House, just outside the Oval Office, from June through October 2011.In March 2024, Bridges was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony honored Bridges alongside renowned tennis player Serena Williams. This recognition highlighted Bridges' significant contributions to civil rights and education in the United States.DSC7506 |
| 撮影日 | 2021-01-17 22:56:56 |
| 撮影者 | Ron Cogswell , Arlington, Virginia, USA |
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| 撮影地 | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 地図 |