- Nov 07, 2020
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- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people I passed every morning as I walked up the school's steps were full of hate. They were white, but so was my teacher, who couldn't have been more different from them. She was one of the most loving people I had ever known.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Racism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children of their innocence.
- Guilty
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- Nov 07, 2020
We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
- Common Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.
- Safe
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember turning onto the street. I saw barricades and police officers and, just, people everywhere. When I saw all of that, I immediately thought that it was Mardi Gras. I had no idea that they were here to keep me out of the school.
- Exactly The Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must absolutely take care of one another.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to take care of each other's children.
- Come
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout my life, my prayers have actively sustained me - held me up, carried me through.
- I Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in my prayers.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we, as African Americans, stood on was our faith.
- Lot
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wisdom is a gift but has nothing to do with age. That was probably the case with me.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's not who you're going to sit beside at school that matters now: it's what resources will your school have.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Bed
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somehow, it always worked. Kneeling at the side of my bed and talking to the Lord made everything okay.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Come
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- Nov 07, 2020
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember the first time seeing myself on TV, when my family was watching the documentary 'Eyes on the Prize' for the first time. There were pictures of people going up the school stairs, and Mom said, 'Oh, that's you!' I said, 'I can't believe this. This is important.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.
- Public
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a very public person.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we are about what is good today, then we that are good need to come together to fight what's bad out there.
- Nov 07, 2020
If my mama said not to do something, I didn't do it.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's taken me a long time to own the early part of my life.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Race
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the scary subject of race is finally broached, kids want to talk and talk. It's very satisfying.
- Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are all kinds of monuments to adults - usually dead and usually white. But we don't often lift up the extraordinary work of children.
- Kids
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to inspire kids.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the mother of four.
- Forgive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
- Loneliness
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I do remember about first grade and that year was that it was very lonely. I didn't have any friends, and I wasn't allowed to go to the cafeteria or play on the playground. What bothered me most was the loneliness in school every day.
- Possible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Administrations and administrative faculty work very hard to see that schools are diverse as much as possible.
- Racism
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that's a shame.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's time to get past our racial differences. We owe it to our children to help them keep their clean start.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our babies know nothing about hate or racism. But soon they begin to learn - and only from us.
- Nov 07, 2020
I had never seen a white teacher before, but Mrs. Henry was the nicest teacher I ever had.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As African-Americans, people of that generation felt pretty much if they were going to see changes in the world, they had to make sacrifices and step up to the plate. I'm very proud that my parents happened to be people who did. They were not privileged to have a formal education.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe it doesn't do yourself any good to hate.
- Educational Opportunities
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- Nov 07, 2020