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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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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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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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Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.
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Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
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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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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 believe there is only one race - the human race.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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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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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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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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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 want to be treated like a human being.
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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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It takes more than one person to bring about peace - it takes all of us.
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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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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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