Well .. Krewe of Bacchus… definitely threw us something special this year….
“Leadership!”….. by honoring one of its own.
Showing its millions of guests.. We’re proud to say we are a city United !!!!
🙏🏽Rb
#neworleans
#kreweofbacchus #mardigras
Following last night's game, in celebration of Black Heritage Night and the NBA's celebration of Black pioneers throughout Black History Month, the Warriors had the honor of meeting Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges.
In 1960, at just six years old, Ruby helped change the course of American history as the first Black child to integrate William Frantz Elementary. Today, her legacy lives on through the Ruby Bridges Foundation, empowering the next generation to lead with courage.
Recognizing @rubybridgesofficial as tonight’s Impact Warrior in honor of Black History Month
Ruby became the first Black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana alone during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in 1960. Today, her legacy lives on through The Ruby Bridges Foundation, empowering the next generation to lead with courage. She continues to champion equity, empathy and inclusion for all
Today, even in my own life…things feel especially heavy. American History is being rewritten, Black History is being attacked and attempts to erase it are rampant. Fear is paralyzing so many of our neighbors as their rights and safety are at risk. My story and those of so many —known and unknown — and the incredible sacrifices that built this democracy and a great nation are disgracefully being taken out of history books.
As long as I am here I will continue to remind, share and fight for history to never be forgotten. Today, on Dr. MLK Day, I am reminded again that we must stand up for what is right and speak out against what is absolutely wrong. Today I ask all of you to be reminded of Dr. King’s legacy and words. Listen carefully.
🙏🏽Rb
“Because there is something wrong…our struggle must continue” — MLK
Just a couple weeks ago on November 14th over 800,000 young people across the nation joined in Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.
Wow!!!
Together, they stepped up to promote courage and kindness, inspired to know that each and every one of them can Make a Difference in this world.
On this #GivingTuesday, your support can help us inspire even more young leaders to create a better future for all of us.
Let’s “walk the walk”together!
Xx
Rb
Click the link in bio to donate and keep the movement going!
* Double your impact! Check with your employer about corporate matching.
“We - as his eldest son, grandchildren and great-grandchildren - believe that now is the time to follow in his footsteps and stand for the values he truly wished to share with us and all Americans; compassion, inclusiveness and justice for all.”
-The Family of Norman Rockwell, OpEd USA TODAY
For more than six decades, Norman Rockwell’s “The Problem We All Live With” has told a truth too powerful to rewrite.
When I was six, I walked alone into that school under the protection of U.S. Marshals.
Rockwell painted my solitary walk, capturing the courage of a child entering a place that didn’t want her, and the conscience of a nation forced to look in the mirror.
He risked his reputation to tell that truth at a time when most magazines showed Black Americans only in the background or in servitude.
This week, his art and his name are back in the headlines. The Rockwell family is right to call out those who twist his work to fit a narrative. I’ve had the privilege of serving on the board of the Norman Rockwell Museum and have seen firsthand the family’s commitment to protecting his legacy. When we alter the meaning of a painting, a book, or a piece of history, we do more than distort the past - we endanger the future.
I’m proud that Rockwell chose the depiction of my walk to represent the sacrifices of others like Linda Brown, the Little Rock Nine, the McDonogh Three, and so many others, known and unknown. I’ve built my life’s work around the message of that painting because it was about the ongoing fight for equality, truth, and justice.
History is not ours to edit. It is ours to honor. History is sacred. I’m grateful to the Rockwell family for standing again for the values Norman Rockwell meant to share with us all. Compassion. Inclusion. Justice. And, the problem we continue to live with.
Yes, that same fight continues today, and I’m proud to stand with them.
65 years later, I’m still walking this path and encouraging children across the country to “walk the walk”. Join us on Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, next week, November 14. Progress begins with a single step, even for a six-year-old!
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Hocus Pocus!!! I’m casting spells over our Country tonight.. That Racism will no longer plague the Hearts & Minds of our youth!
“Disease Be Gone!”
And With a single leap & bound We’ll be flying around tonight!
Sprinkling Magic Dust of brotherly “Luv!”….. look for it♥️
Rb
Madam Secretary Mcmahon, allow me to introduce myself. I am Ruby Bridges and my story is part of the fabric of this country’s struggle. Black History, the Civil Rights Movement is America’s History…our Shared history. Good, Bad and Ugly…
One thing we all know for sure is that we cannot learn from history, if we do not know it, or Teach it, correctly, to the next generation.
It is evident that this is not happening and has not been taught as such (shared history).
If we are to ever get past our racial differences it will come from the next generation. Sadly, it is painfully clear “We” grown-ups are too stuck in our ways to do so.
In your defense, until the last 30 years or so, most did not know the story of Ruby Bridges…despite our nationality…unfortunate but true.
Thanks to publishers and educators (banned books or not) my story has proven to be an inspirational one for our youth today, not just in this country, but around the world. It shows that despite bigotry, hatred and racism, We the People (no matter your age) can come together to move this country forward…in hopes of one day becoming what we call ourselves to be…
The United States of America!
And you Madam Secretary of Education, have the Power to guide our future generations in that direction.
Should we be asking ourselves how we got into the Civil Rights Movement in the first place?
“The danger of turning back the clock is having to relive every moment on that clock…”
Rb
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Just a few weeks ago on Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day, 700,000 youth nationwide joined together for our Day of Dialogue, sharing inspiration about how they too can make a difference in this world. Together, they stepped up to promote courage, kindness, and change. 💜
On this #GivingTuesday, your support can help us inspire even more young leaders to create a better future for all of us.
✨ Double your impact! Check with your employer about corporate matching.
Click the link in bio to donate and keep the movement going!
Let’s “walk the walk”together!
Xx
Rb
