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MLK Day: The Girl in the Picture

The Problem We All Live With is a Norman Rockwell painting inspired by 6-year-old Ruby Bridges daily walk to her all-white school past an angry mob.

Ruby Bridges’ walk to school became a symbol of the Civil Rights struggle 

By Greg Tucker

(The following post previously appeared on the National Service Blog in 2015.)

In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges’ daily walk to class took her past an angry mob and into Civil Rights history when she became the first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.

Though she only lived five blocks from her new school, Ruby previously attended an all-black segregated school several miles away. After the Louisiana State Legislature exhausted all its options in a long battle against a federal court order to integrate the schools, Ruby was allowed to attend the classes near her home.

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AmeriCorps NCCC Members Facilitate Museum Grand Openings in Mississippi

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Two AmeriCorps NCCC teams were on hand Saturday to facilitate the grand opening of both the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History in Jackson, Miss. At the event, AmeriCorps NCCC members were assigned to help security, manage crowds, lead volunteers, and welcome guests.

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‘Our march is not yet finished’whitehouse: ““50 years from Bloody Sunday, our march is not yet finished, but we’re getting closer. 239 years after this nation’s founding, our union is not yet perfect, but we are getting closer. Our job’s easier...

‘Our march is not yet finished’

whitehouse:

“50 years from Bloody Sunday, our march is not yet finished, but we’re getting closer. 239 years after this nation’s founding, our union is not yet perfect, but we are getting closer. Our job’s easier because somebody already got us through that first mile. Somebody already got us over that bridge. When it feels the road is too hard, when the torch we’ve been passed feels too heavy, we will remember these early travelers, and draw strength from their example…we honor those who walked so we could run. We must run so our children soar.” —President Obama

(Source: obamawhitehouse)

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