I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
RUBY BRIDGESI was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
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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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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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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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I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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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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I believe in my prayers.
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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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Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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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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We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
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When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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