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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
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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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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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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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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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 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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Why do you all push us around?
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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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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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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace - it takes all of us.
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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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One person can change the world.
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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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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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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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