The White House's recent addition of a Norman Rockwell
painting has prompted a serious discussion of civil
rights. Rockwell's 1963 painting, "The Problem We All
Live With" shows a young girl on her way to first
grade after the school board mandated the desegregation
of two New Orleans schools in 1960.
To commemorate the piece, President Obama received a
visit from Ruby Bridges, the student depicted in the
painting. At six years old, Bridges was escorted by
Federal Marshals to William Frantz Public School as its
first African American student, thereby signaling the
beginning of the integration of the local public school
system.
THANK YOU Ruby Bridges. THANK YOU President
Obama.
