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My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.

Ruby Bridges

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
Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
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Children Deep Growth Oppression Ourselves Stop
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
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
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
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World
I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
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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Care Evil Place Yourself
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
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
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
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
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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Growth Myself Strength
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
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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Children Hate Oppression People Young

My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.

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