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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.

Ruby Bridges

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

Believe Goodness Hate Myself
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
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
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
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
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
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
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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Enemy Forgiveness God Myself Pray
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
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
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
When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Heart Love
Today and Everyday I stand against Injustice and in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American & Pacific Islander Brothers and Sisters.
RUBY BRIDGES

Justice 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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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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