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 BRIDGESWhen 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 BRIDGESI believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
RUBY BRIDGESLove is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
RUBY BRIDGESKids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
RUBY BRIDGESI was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
RUBY BRIDGESA lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
RUBY BRIDGESI want to inspire kids.
RUBY BRIDGESI do think that some people are born as old souls.
RUBY BRIDGESIf 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 BRIDGESEvil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.
RUBY BRIDGESToday and Everyday I stand against Injustice and in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American & Pacific Islander Brothers and Sisters.
RUBY BRIDGESYou cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
RUBY BRIDGESI felt like there was something I needed to do – speaking to kids and sharing my story with them and helping them understand racism has no place in the minds and hearts of children.
RUBY BRIDGESI believe in my prayers.
RUBY BRIDGESWe stand United against Racism!
RUBY BRIDGESThe 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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