Dorothy Counts
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Dorothy "Dot" Counts-Scoggins is an American civil rights pioneer who was one of the first black students admitted to Harry P. Harding High School during school integration in the United States. After
Counts walks to school on her first day, amid jeers from other students. (Photo by Douglas Martin, winner of 1957 World Press Photo of the Year)
Ruby Bridges
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Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orlean
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Bridges speaking at Texas A&M University–Commerce in February 2015
William Frantz Elementary School building in 2010
U.S. Marshals escorted Bridges to and from school in 1960
Bridges and President Barack Obama view the painting by Rockwell in the White House. (video)