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I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.

Ruby Bridges

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
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
We stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity
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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Beginning Believe Connection History Teaching Thinking Yourself
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
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
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
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
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
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 that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.

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