A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
RUBY BRIDGESI want to inspire kids.
More Ruby Bridges Quotes
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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 felt like there was something I needed to do – speaking to kids and sharing my story with them and helping them understand racism has no place in the minds and hearts of children.
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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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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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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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That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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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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I want to inspire kids.
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Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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We must absolutely take care of one another.
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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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I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
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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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