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We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.

Ruby Bridges

Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World
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
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.
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Appearance God Greatness Judgement Lesson Skin Teaching
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
We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
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Equality Guilty Responsible
I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
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
I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
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Believe Goodness Myself Togetherness
When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Heart Love
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
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
My mother and our pastor always said you have to pray for your enemies and people who do you wrong, and that’s what I did.
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Enemy Mom Myself Prayer Yourself

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