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Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.

Ruby Bridges

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
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
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.
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Children Feeling Help Myself Need Place Story Understand
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
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
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.
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Myself Ourselves Place Thinking
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
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 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
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
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
We stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity
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
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present

Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.

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