"Honestly, I'll never forget that day. I remember people screaming and shouting and waving their hands, but living in New Orleans, I was used to those kinds of displays for a different reason. That’s what happens at Mardi Gras, so I thought it was Mardi Gras. What protected me was the innocence of a child."
"Only one teacher, Barbara Henry, remained to teach her that year and they are still friends. Bridges started the Ruby Bridges Foundation a quarter-century ago to promote tolerance, and she has shared her experience in speeches and in books and has received a lifetime of awards."
"But, she warns, the racism that I experienced as a child isn't exactly a thing of the past and is still extremely dangerous today. We have got to come together for our kids."
"Those of use who are of like minds and hearts, we have to come together or we won't be able to save not only this country, but the world."
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