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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
Public Figure
Tuskegee
Alabama
Rosa Lee Louise McCauley Parks
Rosa Louise McCauleyParks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
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Bus
Sitting
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace - it takes all of us.
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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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The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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Why do you all push us around?
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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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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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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 did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.
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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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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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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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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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