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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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I believe there is only one race - the human race.
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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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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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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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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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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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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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 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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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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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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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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