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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.

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
Rosa Louise McCauleyParks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
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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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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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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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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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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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It takes more than one person to bring about peace - it takes all of us.
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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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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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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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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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 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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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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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 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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