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.
RUBY BRIDGESWhen 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.
RUBY BRIDGESI believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
RUBY BRIDGESI believe in my prayers.
RUBY BRIDGESI pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
RUBY BRIDGESI wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
RUBY BRIDGESWe all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
RUBY BRIDGESI think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
RUBY BRIDGESIf 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.
RUBY BRIDGESI want to inspire kids.
RUBY BRIDGESBravery knows no age or gender.
RUBY BRIDGESI was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
RUBY BRIDGESI believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
RUBY BRIDGESThat’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
RUBY BRIDGESLearn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
RUBY BRIDGESWe stand United against Racism!
RUBY BRIDGESYou cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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