American - Activist | February 4, 1913 - October 24, 2005
I have been refused entrance on the buses because I would not pay my fare at the front and go around to the rear door to enter. That was the custom if the bus was crowded up to the point where the white passengers would start occupying.
Rosa Parks
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Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work.
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It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working.
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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man's inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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