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I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.

Ruby Bridges

I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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Born Myself Old Soul Thinking
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
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
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World
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 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
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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Children Feeling Help Myself Need Place Story Understand
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
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
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
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
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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Enemy Forgiveness God Myself Pray
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
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

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