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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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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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Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.
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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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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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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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 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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It takes more than one person to bring about peace - it takes all of us.
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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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I knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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I believe there is only one race - the human race.
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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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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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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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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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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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