I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
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I want to inspire kids.
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I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
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We must absolutely take care of one another.
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That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
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Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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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.
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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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I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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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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I want to inspire kids.
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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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A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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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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