Bravery knows no age or gender.
RUBY BRIDGESBravery knows no age or gender.
RUBY BRIDGESMy mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.
RUBY BRIDGESNow that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
RUBY BRIDGESLove is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
RUBY BRIDGESRacism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
RUBY BRIDGESI believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
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 BRIDGESKids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
RUBY BRIDGESThe 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 felt like there was something I needed to do – speaking to kids and sharing my story with them and helping them understand racism has no place in the minds and hearts of children.
RUBY BRIDGESI pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
RUBY BRIDGESThat’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
RUBY BRIDGESWe all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
RUBY BRIDGESOur 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?
RUBY BRIDGESWhen it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
RUBY BRIDGESEvil 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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