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Civil Rights Symbol Ruby Bridges Writes Love Letter to Teacher That Helped Her in Tumultuous First Grade

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Ruby Bridges became the first black student to integrate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960 .

She was the only pupil in her class during the entire first year .

Her teacher, Barbara Henry , made a commitment to Ruby even though other teachers were resigning from their jobs in protest or flat-out refusing to work with a black child.

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55

Informative language

51

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8

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

33

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

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short-lived

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