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I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
Rosa Parks
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Rosa Parks
Age: 92 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 4
Died: 2005
Died: October 24
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Alabama
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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.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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When that white driver stepped back toward us, when he waved his hand and ordered us up and out of our seats, I felt a determination cover my body like a quilt on a winter night.
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I believe there is only one race - the human race.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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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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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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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race. It would be a good thing if all people were treated equally and justly and not be discriminated against because of race or religion or anything that makes them different from others.
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I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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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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What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.
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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
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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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Why do you all push us around?
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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One person can change the world.
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Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.
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We didn't have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next. I remember going to sleep as a girl hearing the Klan ride at night and hearing a lynching and being afraid the house would burn down.
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