Little Ruby Bridges And Her U.S. Marshal Escorts
Amazing, isn’t it, that a young girl was so crucial in the civil rights movement? Ruby Bridges was the first black elementary school student in the South to be desegregated. Federal marshals had to accompany her to William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans even though it was only a few blocks from her house. But the little girl had to deal with racists every day. White parents threatened to pull their children out of school if she studied with them, so she had to study alone. More than a decade later, she graduated from a desegregated high school. In 1999, she established the Ruby Bridges Foundation with the goal of promoting tolerance and change through education.
Little Ruby Bridges And Her U.S. Marshal Escorts
A Utility Worker Delivering The Kiss Of Life
This amazing picture was taken in 1967 by Rocco Morabito. When J.D. Thompson, a utility worker, tries to save his colleague Randall G. Champion, it’s called “The Kiss of Life.” His coworker had just made contact with a low-voltage line prior to this. The unfortunate individual was instantly knocked out. Thompson had the good fortune of being a quick thinker. Morabito reportedly saw the incident while driving down West 26th Street.
He shared, “I heard screaming. I looked up and I saw this man hanging down. Oh my God. I didn’t know what to do. I took a picture right quick. J.D. Thompson was running toward the pole. I went to my car and called an ambulance. I got back to the pole and J.D. was breathing into Champion. I backed off, way off until I hit a house and I couldn’t go any farther. I took another picture. Then I heard Thompson shouting down: He’s breathing!”
A Utility Worker Delivering The Kiss Of Life
