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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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Freedom
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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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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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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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I believe there is only one race - the human race.
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Why do you all push us around?
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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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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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It takes more than one person to bring about peace - it takes all of us.
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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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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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