Bravery knows no age or gender.
RUBY BRIDGESKids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
More Ruby Bridges Quotes
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Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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I 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.
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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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Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Our elders said back then that if Black folks really wanted to see Change, they had to step up to the plate and do it themselves. Somebody has to be First. Will that be you?
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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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We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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I believe in my prayers.
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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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We must absolutely take care of one another.
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We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
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We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
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When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
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