Ruby Bridges Quotes: Inspiring Words from the Pioneer of Desegregation
Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi, USA. Her full name is Ruby Nell Bridges. Check out the greatest Ruby Bridges Quotes to remember her incredible life and impact.
Quotes by Ruby Bridges
Stay calm and read these lovely and uplifting Ruby Bridges quotes.
1. "Racism is a grownup disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it."
2. "You cannot look at a person and tell whether they're good or bad."
3. "The most important lesson I learned in Mrs. Henry's class that year was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to teach us all: never judge people based on the color of their skin." God makes everyone of us unique in profound ways."
4. "Racism is a form of hatred." We pass it on to our children. We are depriving children of their innocence when we do this."
5. "I believe it doesn't do yourself any good to hate."
6. "My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that."
7. "Evil is not prejudiced." It doesn't care how you appear; all it needs is a place to relax. It is entirely up to you whether you give it that position."
8. "I do think that some people are born as old souls."
9. "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."
10. "We all have a common enemy, and it is evil."
11. "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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12. "I believe in my prayers."
13. "Evil resembles you and me." I know what evil looks like and that it comes in a variety of tints and colors."
14. "We must absolutely take care of one another."
15. "I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960."
16. "We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people."
17. "I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds."
18. "A lot of my strength came from my upbringing."
19. "I want to inspire kids."
20. "We may not all be equally guilty." 20. However, we are all equally accountable for constructing a fair and just society."
21. "I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other."
22. "Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts."
23. "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."
24. "That's really what my work is all about bringing kids together."
25. "I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that's a shame."
26. "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." "Ruby Bridges Quotes"
27. "I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them."
28. "I remember seeing myself on TV for the first time when my family was watching the documentary 'Eyes on the Prize' for the first time." There were photos of people ascending the school stairs, and Mom exclaimed, 'Oh, that's you!' 'I can't believe that,' I exclaimed. This is critical."
29. "Now that I'm a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave."
30. "I've seen schools in Detroit with broken windows, no heat, and children sitting in class with their coats on in the middle of a snowstorm." I've also seen California schools with Olympic-sized swimming pools and cafeterias fit for five-star restaurants."
31. "We may not all be equally guilty." However, we are all equally accountable for constructing a fair and just society." "Ruby Bridges Quotes"
32. "I remember turning onto the street." 32. I noticed barriers, police officers, and people everywhere. When I saw everything, I immediately thought of Mardi Gras. I had no notion they were coming to keep me from entering the school."
33. "The people I passed on my way up the school steps every morning were full of hatred." They were both white, as was my teacher, who couldn't have been more dissimilar to them. She was one of the kindest persons I'd ever met."
34. "Once my school was integrated, and I was there with white kids and a few black kids, it really didn't matter to us what we looked like."
39. "If kids have the opportunity to get to know one another, they can decide for themselves who they want as friends." That option should be available to all youngsters. We should not make those decisions for children as adults. That is how racism begins."
40. "Evil is not prejudiced." It doesn't care how you appear; all it needs is a place to relax. It is entirely up to you whether you give it that position."
41. "Please God, forgive these people because even if they say those mean things they don't know what they're doing."
Stopping Racism Quotes by Ruby Bridges
42. "The most important lesson I learned in Mrs. Henry's class that year was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to teach us all: never judge people based on the color of their skin." God makes everyone of us unique in profound ways."
43. "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."
44. "I've seen schools in Detroit with broken windows, no heat, and children sitting in class with their coats on in the middle of a snowstorm." I've also seen California schools with Olympic-sized swimming pools and cafeterias fit for five-star restaurants."
45. "Once my school was integrated, and I was there with white kids and a few black kids, it really didn't matter to us what we looked like."
46. "I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960." "Ruby Bridges Quotes"
47. "I would dream that this coffin had wings, and it would fly around my bed at night, and so it was a dream that happened a lot, and that's what frightened me."
48. "We'd get these boxes of clothing in the mail, and my mom would say, 'What makes you think this is all for you?'" 48. You've got a sister on your side.' So I realized that we're all in this together. We must assist one another."
49. "I never got the chance to meet Linda Brown; there were several times we were supposed to meet or be on the same stage together, but life gets in the way, and it never happened."
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50. "Every day, I would walk into my classroom and there would be no students, just me and my teacher." Every day, marshals would lead me through a crowd of people protesting and boycotting the school. This continued for a year."
51. "From age 7 to about 37, I had a normal life and not a very easy one." "Ruby Bridges Quotes"
52. "Racism is a grownup disease and we must stop using our children to spread it."
53. "Now that I'm a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave."
54. "Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts."
55. "My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that."
56. "Evil appears to be you and me." I know what evil looks like and that it comes in a variety of tints and colors."
57. "I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960."
58. "We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people."
59. "I wish there were enough marshals to walk with every child as they faced the hatred and racism today, and to support, encourage them the way these federal marshals did for me."
60. "All of our schools should be good enough to attract a healthy racial mix, which, I believe, leads to the most effective learning for everybody."
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