Little Ruby Bridges And Her U.S. Marshal Escorts
Can you believe that a little girl played an important part in the civil rights movement? Ruby Bridges was the first black student to enter a desegregated elementary school in the South. Federal marshals needed to escort her to classes for her own safety even though William Frantz Elementary School was just several blocks away from her home in New Orleans. Sadly, the little girl had to deal with racists on a daily basis. She had to study on her own since white parents wanted to pull out their kids if she studied with them. More than a decade after that, she graduated from a desegregated high school. In 1999, she started the Ruby Bridges Foundation in an effort to promote change and tolerance through education.
Little Ruby Bridges And Her U.S. Marshal Escorts
A Utility Worker Delivering The Kiss Of Life
This amazing photo was taken by Rocco Morabito in 1967. Called “The Kiss of Life,” it shows a utility worker called J.D. Thompson as he tried to save his colleague Randall G. Champion. His co-worker made contact with a low-voltage line moments before this happened. The poor guy was knocked out right away. It was a good thing that Thompson was a quick thinker! Apparently, Morabito had been cruising down West 26th Street when he witnessed this moment.
“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
