On her Instagram account,daughter Ruby Bridgessaid, ‘Today our country lost a hero. Brave, progressive, a champion for change.’ Lucille Bridges, the mother of civil rights activistRuby Bridges, who walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as she became the first Black student […]
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