The didn't see a child (they never do).

[Scuba]

[Tikki]

1. To this day, those scenes take my breath away…The courage of the families and those children..

I grew up in a Liberal home so when my mother and I watched those scenes on TV we both
watched with wide-eyed wonder and a sense of accomplishment and hope.

Speaking up, standing up, doing the correct thing is what life in a society is all about.

Tikki
I was a bit older than Ruby..and I remember wishing I could run up and give her a hug.

[awoke_in_2003]

2. Me, too. K&R

[redwitch]

3. One in a Million John McCutcheon

I remember that August
1963
A half million gathered
On our small TV
The moment was magic
With dreams in the air
My Mom watched in wonder
And said, “I wish I was there”

But there were babies to diaper
And a whole house to clean
So she watched the world change
On that black-and-white screen

She was one in a million
Who did her small part
And she carried that banner
Held high in her heart

She taught me the Bible
Each chapter and verse
How the meek shall inherit
And the last shall be first
She said, “God leaves God’s work
“To me and to you
“When you’re meek and you’re ready
“What will you do?”

Though she seldom traveled
Far from her front door
She watched the world change
In the children she bore

You are one in a million
You each have a part
Always carry that banner
Held high in your heart

Bridge

Those children now scattered
Like ships on the sea
Mounting adventures
That she’d never see
I never once doubted
What she said was true
I saw miracles mounting
And small victories counting
And it’s all worth recounting
This work that we do

Each Mother’s Day sadly
I look to the chair
Now fifteen years empty
And wish she were there
So this year I traveled
As her eldest son
To a Washington March
Just as she would have done

I marched for the future
In a million mom sea
I was marching for her
I was marching for me

I was one in a million
Just doing my part
And I carried her banner
Held high in my heart

©2000

[11 Bravo]

4. I spent months in combat, and witnessed some extraordinary acts of courage; but ...

the guts exhibited by that small, African-American girl dwarf anything that I have ever seen.

[Hubert Flottz]

6. After serving with many African Americans in the military,

I came to realize that ANY American citizen who lives within the laws of this land, deserves respect and is of great value to our American "Democracy"... I'm ashamed at the racism being exhibited by so many right up to this very day. I respect any American who is willing to defend his or her home, family and country.

Isaiah 11:6 "A little child shall lead them," comes to mind when I look at the picture in the OP.
Too many Americans talk the talk, but not so many walk the walk. It is a very powerful and moving photo indeed, 11 Bravo.

[Skittles]

9. I grew up as a military brat

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my brother and I were discussing a while back how in our whole lives we were never racist, because the African-American and Hispanic children we knew WERE our equals- our dads were all enlisted.....racism seems ridiculous to us

[Hubert Flottz]

11. Racism is ridiculous.

I have learned to judge people of every race, by their deeds, or their misdeeds and not by the color of their skin.

[hue]

5. I love this post--the comment is so astute and beautiful! Applicable to POTUS today!

[MannyGoldstein]

7. I met Ms. Bridges once

One of my tiny brushes with greatness . I gave her a lift to a speaking venue towards the close of the 2008 presidential primary season. We had a great conversation about how things had changed, we were likely to have a black person or a woman as our next president. Wonderful woman.

I would like to add that President Eisenhower *did* see a child. That was part of his greatness, I think, the ability to see human beings even at his great altitude.

[rurallib]

8. Norman Rockwell's famous take on it

[tavalon]

10. I see a beautiful little girl, barely past babyhood

I want to hold her and protect her from that awful fate. And yet, she is who she is because of this. But she was just a baby.

[WillyT]

12. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!