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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.

Rosa Parks

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Rosa Parks
Age: 92 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 4
Died: 2005
Died: October 24
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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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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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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 knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move.
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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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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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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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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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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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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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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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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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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race. It would be a good thing if all people were treated equally and justly and not be discriminated against because of race or religion or anything that makes them different from 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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