Little Ruby Bridges And Her U.S. Marshal Escorts
Isn’t it amazing that a little girl played a crucial part in the civil rights movement? Ruby Bridges was the first black student in the South to attend a desegregated elementary school. Despite the fact that William Frantz Elementary School was only a few blocks from her home in New Orleans, federal marshals had to accompany her to class for her safety. The little girl, unfortunately, had to deal with racists daily. She had to study alone because white parents threatened to pull their children out if she studied with them. She graduated from a desegregated high school more than a decade later. She founded the Ruby Bridges Foundation in 1999 to use education to promote change and tolerance.
Little Ruby Bridges And Her U.S. Marshal Escorts
A Utility Worker Delivering The Kiss Of Life
Rocco Morabito captured this incredible image in 1967. It’s called “The Kiss of Life,” and it follows J.D. Thompson, a utility worker, as he tries to save his colleague Randall G. Champion. Moments before this, his coworker made contact with a low-voltage line. The poor guy was immediately knocked out. It was fortunate for Thompson that he was a quick thinker! Morabito was reportedly driving down West 26th Street when he witnessed the incident.
“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!” he shared.
A Utility Worker Delivering The Kiss Of Life
