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Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.

Rosa Parks

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Rosa Parks
Age: 92 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 4
Died: 2005
Died: October 24
Activist
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Civil Rights Advocate
Human Rights Activist
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Tuskegee
Alabama
Rosa Lee Louise McCauley Parks
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.
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One person can change the world.
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As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn't just free blacks but them, too.
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Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.
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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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Why do you all push us around?
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I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed. I had decided that I would have to know once and for all what rights I had as a human being and a citizen.
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There is a lack of interest in voting in the United States, and that troubles me. It is very necessary that people get registered, study the issues and be aware of the politics of our country. We will really be set back if people don't take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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There is work to do that is why I cannot stop or sit still. As long as a child needs help, as long as people are not free, there will be work to do. As long as an elderly person is attacked or in need of support, there is work to do. As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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