EE     choisir un tableau, le décrire à l’écrit dans un paragraphe             structuré en abordant son aspect historique et multiculturel             (dans quel contexte il a été peint)

vocabulaire; to Make a Stand, to raise awareness, 

The painting talks about DESEGREGATION 

(contrary of segregation, can also be compared with discrimination  = the separation of the black people and the white people it was allowed by the JIM CROW LAWS which lasted from 1874 to 1975 ) this painting portrays the time in between the segregation time and the integration time 

It was painted in 1964 = the date when segregation ended in all the US but it depicts the year 1960 (14 november) when the first black american girl was integrated in a white school. Indeed Ruby bridges was the first to experience the desegregation in the SCHOOLS.

On this painting we can see a little girl in the middle of the picture, she is all dressed in white, She is escorted by 4 us marshal which mean that she needs protection from the angry mob/crowd gathered to prevent the 6 yo to go to school 

Her white dress is radiant and shines through the picture which contrasts with the blackness of her skin and the redness of the tomato which has been thrown on the wall, the face of the girl is very peaceful but the harshness of the colors and the military ambiance of the painting make us realise the dichotomy between the purity/innocence of the young girl and the violence carried by the painting