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What's your favourite historical photo and why? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What's the context for this? What country?

[–] cornishon@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Basically the US government decided to de-segregate schools in order to counter the "malign influence" of Soviet "lies" that the US is an apartheid state, but soon realized that the people were so racist that the black schoolchildren needed federal agents as personal bodyguards to prevent lynchings.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 21 hours ago

US Gov: "We're not an apartheid state!"

[A few moments later...]

US Gov: "...errrm"

[–] KuromiGirl04@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

This is in the United States, during segregation.

The little girl in the picture is Ruby Bridges. In 1960, she was one of the first Black kids to integrate a school. In this picture, she is walking to an all-Whites school and the guards are protecting her because the racist white adults wanted to harm her just for wanting to go to school.

Ruby Bridges is still alive today.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 points 20 hours ago

Cheers. 1960... it blows my mind.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks. Did you just expect everyone to just know this when you posted the photo?

You guys have such a crazy history. And present.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a very famous photo here.

[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not here

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 21 hours ago

wouldn't really expect it to be