"Now that I'm a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave." — Ruby Bridges

We keep racism alive. We pass it on to our children. I think that is very sad.

I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that's a shame.

We'd get these boxes of clothing in the mail, and my mom would say, 'What makes you think all this is for you? You've got a sister right behind you.' So then I realized, we're all in this together. We have to help each other.

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.