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I want to be treated like a human being.

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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Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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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 knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move.
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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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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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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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Every day before supper and before we went to services on Sundays. My grandmother would read the Bible to me, and my grandfather would pray. We even had devotions before going to pick cotton in the fields. Prayer and the Bible, became a part of my everyday thoughts and beliefs. I learned to put my trust in God and to seek Him as my strength.
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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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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 believe there is only one race - the human race.
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