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Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.

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
When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Heart Love
I 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.
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Children Feeling Help Myself Need Place Story Understand
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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Born Myself Old Soul Thinking
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
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Equality Heart People Respect Tolerance Writing
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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Enemy Forgiveness God Myself Pray
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 that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
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Believe Goodness Myself Togetherness
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
Our 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?
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Black Change Oppression Ourselves See Strength Yourself
We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
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Equality Guilty Responsible
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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Growth Myself Strength
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World

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