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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.
Rosa Parks
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Rosa Parks
Age: 92 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 4
Died: 2005
Died: October 24
Activist
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Civil Rights Advocate
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Tuskegee
Alabama
Rosa Lee Louise McCauley Parks
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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Why do you all push us around?
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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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One person can change the world.
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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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I want to be treated like a human being.
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Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.
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