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 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.
More Ruby Bridges Quotes
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Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Bravery knows no age or gender.
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We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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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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I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Evil isn’t prejudiced. It doesn’t care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It’s up to you whether you give it that place.
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We stand United against Racism!
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Today and Everyday I stand against Injustice and in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American & Pacific Islander Brothers and Sisters.
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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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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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