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We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.

Ruby Bridges

We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
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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Appearance God Greatness Judgement Lesson Skin Teaching
I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
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Believe Goodness Myself Togetherness
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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Growth Myself Strength
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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Appearance Evil Myself Yourself
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
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
When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Heart Love
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
I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
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Children Myself Ourselves Shame Thinking
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

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