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 BRIDGESI was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
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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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We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
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A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
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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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You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
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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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I want to inspire kids.
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