Lucille Bridges, the mother of an iconic Civil Rights activist Ruby Bridges, who walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds yelling racist insults as she became the first Black student at her all-white New Orleans elementary school, has died at the age of 86, according to the Associated Press. On her Instagram account Tuesday night, Ruby … Continued

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