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

Ruby Bridges

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
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
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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Beginning Believe Connection History Teaching Thinking Yourself
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
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
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
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
We stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity
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
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
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself

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

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