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A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.

Ruby Bridges

Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
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
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
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
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
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
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
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
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
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love

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