US activist, 69, speaks to NBC amid growing effort to prevent I Am Ruby Bridges and other works being available to school studentsIncreasingly, the US civil rights icon Ruby Bridges – the first Black child to integrate a school in Louisiana – has seen some adults seek to prevent grade-school students from accessing the books and films that chronicle her story, saying the tale makes white children feel bad about themselves.But that justification is “ridiculous” because “my biggest fans are kids... Read this story
