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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.

Ruby Bridges

I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
RUBY BRIDGES

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
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
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.
RUBY BRIDGES

Children Feeling Help Myself Need Place Story Understand
We must absolutely take care of one another.
RUBY BRIDGES

Care Oneself
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 that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
RUBY BRIDGES

Believe Goodness Myself Togetherness
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
RUBY BRIDGES

Hate Love
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
When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Heart Love
I want to inspire kids.
RUBY BRIDGES

Children Inspirational Myself
I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
RUBY BRIDGES

Experience Heart Mindset Myself Place Teaching
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
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?
RUBY BRIDGES

Black Change Oppression Ourselves See Strength Yourself
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
RUBY BRIDGES

Children Heart Start World
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
RUBY BRIDGES

Born Myself Old Soul 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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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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