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Ruby Bridges

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Civil Rights-era Rockwell painting borrowed by Obama

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Civil rights icon fights for school that tried to shut her out

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In 1960, Ruby Bridges was only 6 when she walked passed an angry mob to become the first black student at William Frantz, an all white school in New Orleans. Now, Ruby is working to reopen the doors that once threatened to shut her out...
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