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.
RUBY BRIDGESThe 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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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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My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.
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That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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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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We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
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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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We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
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I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
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A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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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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You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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We must absolutely take care of one another.
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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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