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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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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 wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
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I believe in my prayers.
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We stand United against Racism!
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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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I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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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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Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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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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I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
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