1 - The U.S. Civil Rights Movement
U.S. deputy marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in November 1960. The first grader was the only black child enrolled in the school. Six years earlier, in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, the U.S. Supreme Court ended legal school segregation. Brown put the law on the side of those who fought to integrate the public schools. However, as Southern states and counties resisted integrating schools, enforcement would absorb federal resources. (© AP Images)
1 - The U.S. Civil Rights Movement
U.S. deputy marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in November 1960. The first grader was the only black child enrolled in the school. Six years earlier, in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, the U.S. Supreme Court ended legal school segregation. Brown put the law on the side of those who fought to integrate the public schools. However, as Southern states and counties resisted integrating schools, enforcement would absorb federal resources. (© AP Images)