American - Activist | February 4, 1913 - October 24, 2005
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.
Rosa Parks
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People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.
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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he has done to one life multiplied millions of times over these United States and the world. He walks us on a tightrope from birth.
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I have never been what you would call just an integrationist. I know I've been called that... Integrating that bus wouldn't mean more equality. Even when there was segregation, there was plenty of integration in the South, but it was for the benefit and convenience of the white person, not us.
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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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I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.
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