Ruby Bridges
Quote Ruby
"Driving up I could see the crowd, but living in New Orleans, I
actually thought it was Mardi Gras. There was a large crowd of people outside of the school.
They were throwing things and shouting,
and that sort of goes on in New Orleans at Mardi Gras."
"racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it."[7]
“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.” --Ruby Bridges