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Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.
Rosa Parks
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Rosa Parks
Age: 92 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 4
Died: 2005
Died: October 24
Activist
Autobiographer
Civil Rights Advocate
Human Rights Activist
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Tuskegee
Alabama
Rosa Lee Louise McCauley Parks
Rosa Louise McCauleyParks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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Why do you all push us around?
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If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
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One person can change the world.
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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 do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace - it takes all of us.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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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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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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My resisting being mistreated on the bus did not begin with that particular arrest…I did a lot of walking in Montgomery.
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Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
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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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As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man's inhumanity to man, regardless - there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
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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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Every day before supper and before we went to services on Sundays. My grandmother would read the Bible to me, and my grandfather would pray. We even had devotions before going to pick cotton in the fields. Prayer and the Bible, became a part of my everyday thoughts and beliefs. I learned to put my trust in God and to seek Him as my strength.
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