Barbara Henry in the Boston Globe Magazine
Read about Barbara Henry, a former Brimmer and May secretary, in the Boston Globe Magazine article "In a Classroom that made History" (Boston Globe Magazine, 6/25/14).
In 1960, Barbara accepted an invitation to teach in New Orleans at the first public school to be integrated under a federal court order. She was the only teacher willing to teach six-year-old Ruby Bridges, and for that school year, she taught Ruby Bridges alone at the school. Ruby became the first African American child to desegregate an elementary school. Henry was a speaker at our annual Bissell Grogan Humanities Symposium.
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In 1960, Barbara accepted an invitation to teach in New Orleans at the first public school to be integrated under a federal court order. She was the only teacher willing to teach six-year-old Ruby Bridges, and for that school year, she taught Ruby Bridges alone at the school. Ruby became the first African American child to desegregate an elementary school. Henry was a speaker at our annual Bissell Grogan Humanities Symposium.
LEARN MORE about Brimmer and May.
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