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Ruby Bridges

I want to inspire kids.
RUBY BRIDGES

Children Inspirational 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
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
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
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 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
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
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RUBY BRIDGES

History Learning
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
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
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
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
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate 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
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
We stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity

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