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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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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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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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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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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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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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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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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Why do you all push us around?
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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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I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
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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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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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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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