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My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.

Ruby Bridges

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.
RUBY BRIDGES

Children Feeling Help Myself Need Place Story Understand
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
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
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 believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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Born Myself Old Soul Thinking
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
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
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
We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
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Equality Heart People Respect Tolerance Writing
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
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
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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Growth Myself Strength
We stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer

My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.

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