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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
Rosa Louise McCauleyParks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
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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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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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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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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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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The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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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 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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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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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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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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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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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.
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