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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.

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
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
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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 knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move.
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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 will always work for human rights for all people.
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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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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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It takes more than one person to bring about peace - it takes all of us.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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 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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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 want to be treated like a human being.
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One person can change the world.
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The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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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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Why do you all push us around?
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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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