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Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005) | Periscope

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Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005) | Periscope
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In 1955, Rosa Parks sat in the "white only" section of a bus in Alabama as a way to tell the world that she was opposed to segregation. This inspired a boycott of the bus system that lasted over a...
Eleanor Roosevelt's Book "It's Up to the Women" | Periscope

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Eleanor Roosevelt's Book "It's Up to the Women" | Periscope
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In 1961, Eleanor Roosevelt was asked by President John F. Kennedy to lead a group in the study of inequality towards women. Her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was president of the United States...
An Overview: The Civil Rights Movement | Road Trip

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An Overview: The Civil Rights Movement | Road Trip
The Civil Rights Movement has been part of an ongoing struggle since enslaved Africans were first brought to America. The modern Civil Rights Movement began in the 1940s and many changes had taken...
Ruby Bridges | Periscope

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Ruby Bridges | Periscope
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Ruby still lives in New Orleans. She runs the Ruby Bridges Foundation to help troubled children at William Frantz and other schools. With the group, Ruby travels the country advocating the importance...
Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles | Periscope

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Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles | Periscope
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Ruby's friend, psychiatrist Dr. Robert Coles, wrote "The Story of Ruby Bridges." At William Frantz, Ruby attended an empty classroom. Some parents refused to let their children go to the integrated...
Policemen & Federal Marshals | Periscope

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Policemen & Federal Marshals | Periscope
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By the time Ruby was six years old, there were new laws stating that African American and white students had to integrate, or share, schools. People such as Martin Luther King, Jr. had worked for...
Colored Water Fountain | Periscope

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Colored Water Fountain | Periscope
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Ruby was born in 1954. At the time, African-American children and white children had to attend separate schools. Segregation, or the separation of African American and white people, was practiced by...
Ruby Bridges (1960) | Periscope

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Ruby Bridges (1960) | Periscope
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Ruby Bridges' first day at William Frantz Elementary School was very unusual. Integration, or the sharing of schools by African American and white people, had recently become law in 1960. She was one...