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I will always work for human rights for all people.

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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Humans
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The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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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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Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.
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I knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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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 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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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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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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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