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Frank Rushton Elementary School took their history lesson Friday outside the classroom.

Friday marked the 65th anniversary of Ruby Bridges integrating an all-white school in the south.

Bridges was six when she became the first African American to attend a "whites-only'' school" after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision.

Students at Frank Rushton Elementary School know Bridges' story well.

They allowed KSHB 41 Reporter Alyssa Jackson to walk to school with them on Friday to honor Bridges.

"Today we show courage and greatness for Ruby Bridges," said Caleb Orellana Solis, a 5th-grade student.

Students have been learning about Bridges making history . They equate her impact to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"She was a little kid, got taunted, stuff t

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