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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
Rosa Parks
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Rosa Parks
Age: 92 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 4
Died: 2005
Died: October 24
Activist
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Civil Rights Advocate
Human Rights Activist
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Tuskegee
Alabama
Rosa Lee Louise McCauley Parks
Rosa Louise McCauleyParks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
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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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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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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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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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One person can change the world.
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Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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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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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 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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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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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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