The night before your first day, your mom tells you that you'll be joining a new school. She doesn't tell you much more than that. And like most kids, you're a little bit nervous when you have to switch schools. You know, and I grew up in an era where, you know, you were seeing and really not heard.
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges is our guest today. She shares what it was like to be the first African-American student to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana in 1960. Ruby was just six years old at the time, and it would be years before she fully appreciated her role in advancing civil rights in America.
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