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A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.

Ruby Bridges

Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.
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Appearance Evil Myself Yourself
When I think about our babies today and them not being safe in school, I think that should be the next civil rights movement, you know, is to ban the assault weapons so that our babies can be safe.
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Myself Ourselves Place Thinking
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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Enemy Forgiveness God Myself Pray
Racism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children of their innocence.
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Children Hate Oppression People Young
I felt like there was something I needed to do – speaking to kids and sharing my story with them and helping them understand racism has no place in the minds and hearts of children.
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Children Feeling Help Myself Need Place Story Understand
I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
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Experience Heart Mindset Myself Place Teaching
I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
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Black Children Myself Success
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
Our elders said back then that if Black folks really wanted to see Change, they had to step up to the plate and do it themselves. Somebody has to be First. Will that be you?
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Black Change Oppression Ourselves See Strength Yourself
Evil isn’t prejudiced. It doesn’t care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It’s up to you whether you give it that place.
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Care Evil Place Yourself
We stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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Growth Myself Strength
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
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Children Myself Ourselves Shame Thinking
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World

A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.

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