Monday, January 19, 2009

A little history for your MLK Day


Most are familiar with Norman Rockwell's iconic portrait from the Civil Rights movement. But did you know the little girl depicted is Ruby Bridges, the six year old who integrated New Orleans public schools? Read a great article about her here. The Disney made-for-TV movie is very good as these things go; I use it in my class every year.

3 comments:

Jay said...

That is a great article. Thanks, Dave.

Joe said...

Amazing.

Mike said...

Wow, I got chills.