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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.
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
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
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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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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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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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Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.
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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 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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