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A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.

Ruby Bridges

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 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
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
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
I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
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 in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
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
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
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World
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
When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Heart Love
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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Born Myself Old Soul Thinking

A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.

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