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, age 6. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division,[LC-USZ62-126460]. Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954. She was born to Lucille and Abon Bridges, who had four other children, giving Ruby three brothers and one sister. At age two, Ruby and her family moved from Tylertown, Mississippi, where her family had been sharecroppers, to New Orleans, Louisiana, because her parents sought better work opportunities.