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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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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Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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I want to inspire kids.
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We stand United against Racism!
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You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
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Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
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We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Bravery knows no age or gender.
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My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.
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Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
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I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
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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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