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I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.

Ruby Bridges

Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
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
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
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
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
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
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
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
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
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Equality Heart People Respect Tolerance Writing
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
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
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
I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself

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