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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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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.
Rosa Parks
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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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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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.
Rosa Parks
Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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One person can change the world.
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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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.
Rosa Parks
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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Why do you all push us around?
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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I knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move.
Rosa Parks
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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