House Proceeding 02-02-10 on Feb 2nd, 2010 :: 0:45:15 to 0:49:05
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Thomas E. Petri: while the story of ruby bridges is not widely known, her contributions to the movement are equally deserving of great recognition. today, ruby stands as a hero to all of us. she has taken the lessons she has learned from her youth and dedicated her life to helping students. her foundation helps students deal with racism and diversity

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Speech By: Thomas E. Petri

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Thomas E. Petri: at school and within their own community. she also wrote "through my eyes" explaing her first grade experience and now partners with organizations that promote nonviolence in schools. her monumental contributions to the american civil rights movement deserve to be recognized. i want to thank representative gwen moore for bringing this

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Thomas E. Petri: resolution forward and urge my colleagues to support this measure. i reserve the balance of my time. . mr. petri: i'm delighted today in support of the resolution before us, house resolution 901, introduced by my colleague

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Thomas E. Petri: from the state of wisconsin, gwen moore, recognizing november 14, 2009, as the 49th anniversary of the first day of integrated schools in new orleans, louisiana. in 1954 the united states supreme court ruled in brown vs. board of education of topeka that state laws establishing separate public

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Thomas E. Petri: schools for black and white students denied black children equal educational opportunities. the louisiana district judge, jay wright, ordered the orleans parish board to carry out a plan to integra the state's schools. after a six-year delay, ruby bridges became the first

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Thomas E. Petri: african-american to attend the all-white william france elementary school in new orleans, louisiana. ruby bridges faced many challenges during her first day and ongoing years at william france. henry was willing to teach ruby and for over a year mrs. henry taught her alone. mrs. henry's lessons left an

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Thomas E. Petri: indelible mark on ruby and remain with her to this day. ruby and her family suffered many hardships as a result of ruby's attendance at the school. however many of the community showed support in a variety of ways. some white families continued to send their children to france despite the protests that local members of the

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Thomas E. Petri: community walked behind the federal marshals car on the trips to school. today ruby bridges is the chair of the ruby bridges foundation which she formed in 1999 to promote the values of tolerance, respect, and appreciation of everyone. in 2002 the ruby bridges

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Thomas E. Petri: foundation along with the simon wisen tall -- weisenthal center museum in los angeles launched the ruby bridges project. the project brought together students from diverse bakgrounds to develop relationship building skills and promote an appreciation of one another. so i stand before you today to

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Thomas E. Petri: recognize the 49th anniversary of the first integrated schools in new orleans, louisiana. also want to acknowledge judge jay ight and mrs. barbara henry for their support and lifelong commitment to civil rights and equal opportunity. in addition i want to commend ruby bridges for her bravery

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Thomas E. Petri: and courage 49 years ago for her commitment to raising awareness of diversity through educational opportunities for all children and thank my colleague, gwen moore of the state of wisconsin, for giving us an opportunity to recognize heir contribution. i urge my colleagues to support