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Ruby Bridges

Today and Everyday I stand against Injustice and in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American & Pacific Islander Brothers and Sisters.
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Justice Myself
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
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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Growth Myself Strength
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
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
When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Heart Love
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.
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Appearance God Greatness Judgement Lesson Skin Teaching
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
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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Born Myself Old Soul Thinking
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
Racism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children of their innocence.
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Children Hate Oppression People Young
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
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
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
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
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
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
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
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
We stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
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
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
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

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