The African American Museum of Southern Arizona welcomes a civil rights icon to town
On Thursday I had the joy of meeting Ruby Bridges before she spoke at Palo Verde High School at the invitation of the African American Museum of Southern Arizona. When Ruby Bridges was 6, she entered the first grade at William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.
People are also reading… When I arrived at my school, I was cheerfully greeted by my first-grade teacher, Mrs. Logan, outside her classroom door. Hundreds of us gave Ruby Bridges our awestruck attention as AAMSAZ Board Chair Bob Elliott hosted a joyful, revealing fireside chat with her. We heard Ruby’s courage, humor and inspiring wisdom. We heard history. We heard truth.
Ruby was taught alone by Miss Henry in Miss Henry’s classroom for the entire year. No white child, home-schooled in the art of hate by their parents, wanted to share a classroom with Ruby Bridges. Some parents in Arizona think their children can’t handle the truth about race in America, that now is not the time to teach such truths to our children.
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