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 BRIDGESMy mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.
More Ruby Bridges Quotes
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Evil isn’t prejudiced. It doesn’t care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It’s up to you whether you give it that place.
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I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Racism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children of their innocence.
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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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I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
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Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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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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I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
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When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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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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