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Ruby Bridges

My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.
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Faith Mom Myself
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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Enemy Forgiveness God Myself Pray
I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
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Children Myself Ourselves Shame Thinking
I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
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Black Children Myself Success
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
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Experience Heart Mindset Myself Place Teaching
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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Growth Myself Strength
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
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Oppression Race Unity
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
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
Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
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Children Deep Growth Oppression Ourselves Stop

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