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We stand United against Racism!

Ruby Bridges

If 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.
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Beginning Believe Connection History Teaching Thinking Yourself
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
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
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
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
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
When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Heart Love
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
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
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
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

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