I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
RUBY BRIDGESI wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
More Ruby Bridges Quotes
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We stand United against Racism!
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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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We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
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Bravery knows no age or gender.
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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 that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
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I believe in my prayers.
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That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry’s class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper.
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Today and Everyday I stand against Injustice and in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American & Pacific Islander Brothers and Sisters.
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A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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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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Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.
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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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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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Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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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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Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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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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If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened – good, bad, ugly, no matter what – I believe that we’re going to find that we are closer, more connected than we are apart.
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We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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We must absolutely take care of one another.
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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 believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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