Ruby was the first child to de-segregate schools in 1960’s New Orleans.

“Ultimately we want to be a part of a movement that’s about measuring impact that the world will really change. My dream is we’ll have a world one day where we don’t just honor those who take money and make more money from it but we find those individuals who take our resources and convert it into changing the world in the positive ways and it’s only when we honor them and celebrate them and give them status that the world will really change.”

Ruby Bridges standing in front of a Norman Rockwell painting about the day she de-segregated New Orleans schools.