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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 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
Racism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children of their innocence.
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Children Hate Oppression People Young
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
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
I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
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Believe Goodness Myself Togetherness
I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate 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
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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Care Evil Place 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
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?
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Black Change Oppression Ourselves See Strength Yourself
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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Born Myself Old Soul Thinking
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
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
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

Beginning Believe Connection History Teaching Thinking Yourself
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning

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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