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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.

Ruby Bridges

That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
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
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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Enemy Forgiveness God Myself Pray
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 wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
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Experience Heart Mindset Myself Place Teaching
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate 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
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
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
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
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 want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
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
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
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

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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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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