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We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.

Ruby Bridges

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
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Heart Love
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World
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
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
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
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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Growth Myself Strength
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
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
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
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

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