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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.
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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Alabama
Rosa Lee Louise McCauley Parks
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks
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The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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