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Thats because the people didnt want Ruby to go inside.
That's and didn't
On Nov. 14 1960 little Ruby became one of the first African Americans to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.
Nov. 14, 1960,
The United States Marshals were there to protect the first grader
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fifty years ago, a little girl named ruby bridges arrived at her new elementary school.
Fifty, Ruby, Bridges
The school was in New Orleans, Louisiana
It is a statement.
Rosa Parkss action and arrest was a major event in the civil rights movement, which led to greater equality for black people in the U.S.
Parks's
For hundreds of years most African Americans were enslaved.
For hundreds of years,
Did Jackie Robinson become the first African American to play for a major league baseball team, in 1947
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langston hughes wrote poetry, plays, novels, songs, and children's stories.
Langston Hughes
Before becoming the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, 1967, Thurgood Marshall helped end segregation in schools
It is a statement.
Bryan Collier also illustrated Martins Big Words, about Martin Luther King Jr., and Visiting Langston, about poet Langston Hughes.
Martin’s
Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis was born in New Orleans Louisiana in 1961.
New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1961.
Wow Duke Ellington was a fantastic jazz pianist as well as a bandleader and composer
Wow!... composer.
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In 2005, president bush praised muhammad ali for his sports successes and goodwill toward others.
President Bush praised Ali
Was Oprah Winfrey's television network, OWN, started in 2011
It is a question.
The Supreme Courts decision 50 years ago to integrate all-white schools, including Central High, was a turning point in the civil rights movement.
Court's
In 1957 Topeka had 18 schools for white children and only four for black children.
In 1957,
Slavery in the United States lasted until 1865, when the 13th Amendment abolished slavery
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A plate of food at martha lou’s restaurant in charleston, south carolina, is a beautiful sight to behold.
Martha Lou’s and Charleston, South Carolina
Did southern "soul" food spread throughout the United States when African Americans from the South moved to major cities across the country
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In 1947, black players finally got their shot in the majors. Thats when Jackie Robinson, a veteran of the Negro Leagues, integrated baseball by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
That's
Soon after putting us in his barn, he and his daughter prepared us a nice breakfast which cheered our spirits as we were hungry.
Soon after putting us in his barn, himself and daughter prepared us a nice breakfast, which cheered our spirits, as we were hungry.
My three other companions, who were captured, were sent to Westminster jail, where they were kept three weeks, and afterwards sent to Baltimore and sold for twelve hundred dollars a piece, as I was informed while at the tavern in Terrytown
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He then offered friendly advice, talked like a quaker, and urged us to go with him to his barn for protection.
Quaker
Is Lincoln widely regarded as one of the greatest presidents in the nation’s history (in part because he helped to permanently end slavery in America)
It is a question.