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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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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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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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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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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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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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