Ruby Bridges Quotes

Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on 14 November 1960.

Birth: September 08, 1954

Racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it.

Don’t follow the path. Go where there is no path and begin the trail. When you start a new trail equipped with courage, strength and conviction, the only thing that can stop you is you!

Topic(s): Inspirational , Motivational , Path

I now know that experience comes to us for a purpose, and if we follow the guidance of the spirit within us, we will probably find that the purpose is a good one.

Topic(s): Ifs , Knows , Spirit

Kids know nothing about racism. They’re taught that by adults.

Topic(s): Knows , Kids , Race

Each and every one of us is born with a clean heart. Our babies know nothing about hate or racism. But soon they begin to learn – and only from us. We keep racism alive. We pass it on to our children. We owe it to our children to help them keep their clean start.

Topic(s): Heart , Children , Helping

My message is really that racism has no place in the hearts and minds of our children.

Topic(s): Mind , Heart , Children

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Ruby Bridges Quotes