Kamala Harris Challenges Biden on Opposing Busing & Integration in 1970s: "That Little Girl Was Me"
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The second night of the first Democratic presidential debate was billed as a face-off between front-runners former Vice President Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders, but it was California Senator Kamala Harris who took command of the stage Thursday night. Harris sparred with Biden over his recent comments about working with segregationists in the Senate and for his opposition to Delaware's attempts to bus students in an effort to integrate its schools in the 1970s. "There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day. That little girl was me," Harris said. We speak with Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change.