… go in all black and our white coats.’ Everybody was on board,” Ledet said.
Ladet told People Magazine that his daughters comments from the plantation visit is what really sparked the idea. She saw the breath and depth of our rich history and said something profound.
“My 8-year-old daughter was like, ‘Dad, it means a lot to be a black doctor in America. If you think about where we started… we made it pretty far,’” he explains. “I was like ‘You’re right, I think more of us should see this.’”
Now, the world is seeing it.
Thank you Ladet. We stand on the shoulders of many who came before us. Continue to build further, higher and longer.