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The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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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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 knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.
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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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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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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 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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I believe there is only one race - the human race.
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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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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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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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