Julia O'Driscoll, 53
Location: Sandy, UT
Julia O'Driscoll was a child during the legendary civil rights marches from Selma, Alabama, to the state capitol in Montgomery. Her family didn't join the march and they never discussed race at home. She remembers making one particularly off-color, naive remark at a local grocery store.
"I pointed and I yelled, 'Mama, there's a chocolate lady!" Julia says. "My mom was so devastated and embarrassed, and this wonderful, sweet women came over to the shopping cart and she held my hand. I just stroked her hand, and I looked at her earlobes and her fingernails, and she gave me this moment of discovery. It was very beautiful."
Find out how this powerful experience had a deep impact on the young Julia. Plus, she explains why her dad didn't participate in the marches, and she shares what she remembers about the first day of desegregation in Syracuse, New York.
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