. - regina shelton ran a preschool downstairs from the harris apartment. - when you walked in, therees of prominent black people covering the wall. maya angelou, rosa parks, martin luther king, malcolm x. so, you were built up as a child of color, or a black child, to be proud of who you are, where you came from, and understand your history. - it was more than just a school, more than just day care, it was was-- - it was a family. - and mr. shelton's family would take the girls to a christian church. now, you know, was shyamala christian, she was a very spiritual person, but she wanted them to experience whatever there was there for them that would accept them and love them, without abandoning anything of who she was-- she was indian. - as a young child, harris was bussed to school, an hour drive, but a world away, to an upper middle-class neighborhood. do you think it changed the course of your life? - i don't know that it did. i certainly do think that-- that there were so many resources being put into our education, and at the earliest stages, which allowed me to be on a path to b