No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
ROSA PARKSNo, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
ROSA PARKSThere were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.
ROSA PARKSI was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
ROSA PARKSNothing 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.
ROSA PARKSWhatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
ROSA PARKSGod has always given me the strength to say what is right.
ROSA PARKSIt takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
ROSA PARKSRacism 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 PARKSEach person must live their life as a model for others.
ROSA PARKSRacial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
ROSA PARKSI knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
ROSA PARKSAs long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man’s inhumanity to man, regardless – there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
ROSA PARKSI paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
ROSA PARKSI don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
ROSA PARKSWhat 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 PARKSThat was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but were given new names by their owners.
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