'What protected me was the innocence of a child': Ruby Bridges reflects on 1960 school integration
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'What protected me was the innocence of a child': Ruby Bridges reflects on 1960 school integration
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, civil rights activist Ruby Bridges reflects on the day she made history by attending a newly desegregated Louisiana school in 1960.
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