The 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 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 BRIDGESLove is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
RUBY BRIDGESYou cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
RUBY BRIDGESWe may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
RUBY BRIDGESKids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
RUBY BRIDGESWe have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
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.
RUBY BRIDGESWe must absolutely take care of one another.
RUBY BRIDGESI believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
RUBY BRIDGESA lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
RUBY BRIDGESI think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
RUBY BRIDGESI was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
RUBY BRIDGESWe all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
RUBY BRIDGESI wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
RUBY BRIDGESMy 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.
RUBY BRIDGESI do think that some people are born as old souls.
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