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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.

Ruby Bridges

I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
RUBY BRIDGES

Children Myself Ourselves Shame Thinking
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
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.
RUBY BRIDGES

Care Evil Place Yourself
My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.
RUBY BRIDGES

Faith Mom Myself
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
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
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
We stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity
The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry’s class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper.
RUBY BRIDGES

Appearance God Greatness Judgement Lesson Skin Teaching
If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened – good, bad, ugly, no matter what – I believe that we’re going to find that we are closer, more connected than we are apart.
RUBY BRIDGES

Beginning Believe Connection History Teaching Thinking Yourself
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
RUBY BRIDGES

Children Myself Togetherness
We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
RUBY BRIDGES

Equality Heart People Respect Tolerance Writing
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 looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.
RUBY BRIDGES

Appearance Evil Myself Yourself
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer

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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