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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.

Ruby Bridges

Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
RUBY BRIDGES

Brave Myself Parents Present
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.
RUBY BRIDGES

Beginning Believe Connection History Teaching Thinking Yourself
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
RUBY BRIDGES

Children Deep Growth Oppression Ourselves Stop
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
RUBY BRIDGES

Black Children Myself Success
I want to inspire kids.
RUBY BRIDGES

Children Inspirational Myself
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 BRIDGES

Appearance God Greatness Judgement Lesson Skin Teaching
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.
RUBY BRIDGES

Myself Ourselves Place Thinking
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 believe in my prayers.
RUBY BRIDGES

Believe Myself Prayer
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 believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
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
We stand United against Racism!
RUBY BRIDGES

Oppression Race Unity

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