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@zkat__ ("kat marchán") retweeted:

@AfricanArchives ("AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY") wrote:

On this day in 1960, Ruby Bridges was escorted by federal marshals to her first day of first grade as the first black student to attend a previously all-white Elementary School.

A riotous white mob gathered to protest her arrival, screaming hateful slurs and threats.