Anti-racism activist Ruby Bridges, who is known as the 6-year-old girl who helped desegregate schools in New Orleans during the 1960s, shares her message that racism is an evil that must not handed down to future generations. Her story of being the lone black girl in the elementary school and having to be escorted by U.S. Marshalls, was turned into a well-known Disney made for TV movie. Wil LaVeist interviewed Bridges after her keynote address at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. on Feb. 7, 2012.
handed down to future generations. Her story of being the lone black girl in the elementary school and having to be escorted by U.S. Marshalls, was turned into a well-known Disney made for TV movie. Wil LaVeist interviewed Bridges after her keynote address at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. on Feb. 7, 2012. 