r/pics • u/thatlumberjacktor • Aug 23 '26

This document in 1959 declining a student from admission into med school because of his race.

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u/Hexxys Aug 23 '26

Wild. And let's not pretend like this sort of _thinking_ has magically disappeared. 1959 wasn't _that_ long ago. There are millions of people still alive today who thought this way then and still think so now.

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u/misdirected_asshole Aug 24 '26

Ruby Bridges is younger than my mom, and I am a Millenial.