Lymphocytes. Much of your immunity is associated with your circulatory system, and your protein-rich blood cells play a large role in keeping you healthy. White blood cells, in particular, are a key component of your immune response.
Part I of a 2 part interview with Ruby Bridges, an iconic civil rights era individual best known for being the first African-American to integrate an all-white elementary school in the South following Brown vs. The Board of Education. As a 6 year old, Ruby integrated William Franz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 6, 1960.
Ruby Bridges, in full Ruby Nell Bridges, married name Ruby Bridges-Hall (born September 8, 1954, Tylertown, Mississippi, U.S.), American activist who became a symbol of the civil rights movement and who was at age six the youngest of a group of African American students to integrate schools in the American South.