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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

That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
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 believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
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
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World
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
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
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
I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
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
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
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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Believe Goodness Myself Togetherness

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