Civil Rights Pioneer Ruby Bridges on Ferguson and Eric Garner | Oprah: Where Are They Now? | OWN

Tune in Sundays at 9pm/8c In 1960, when she was six years old, Ruby Bridges was the first black student to attend the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, quickly becoming a powerful symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. In adulthood, she started the Ruby Bridges Foundation to promote the values of tolerance and respect and has been a vocal proponent of mutual understanding across races and socioeconomic backgrounds. What does the living legend feel when she sees protests in the wake o
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