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That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.

Ruby Bridges

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 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
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
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
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
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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Enemy Forgiveness God Myself Pray
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
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Children Myself Ourselves Shame Thinking
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
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
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Equality Guilty Responsible
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
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.
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Justice Myself

That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.

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