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3 Feb, 4 tweets, 1 min read

The Problem We All Live With, 1964
~ by Norman Rockwell 💎 #Botd 1894.

An iconic image of the Civil Rights Movement in the US. It depicts Ruby Bridges, a six-year-old African-American girl, on her way to William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white public school, ...

... on November 14, 1960, during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis. Because of threats of violence against her, she is escorted by four deputy U.S. marshals; the painting is framed so that the marshals' heads are cropped at the shoulders. ...

On the wall behind her are written the racial slur "nigger" and the letters "KKK"; a smashed and splattered tomato thrown against the wall is also visible. The white protesters are not visible, as the viewer is looking at the scene from their point of view.

The Problem We All Live With – in 2011, this painting was displayed in the White House when President Barack Obama met Ruby Bridges, at age 56.

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