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.
RUBY BRIDGESThat’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
More Ruby Bridges Quotes
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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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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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Today and Everyday I stand against Injustice and in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American & Pacific Islander Brothers and Sisters.
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We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
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We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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I want to inspire kids.
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Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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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 stand United against Racism!
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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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That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
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I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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