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That 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.

Rosa Parks

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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Freedom People Person Positive Remember Want
Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.
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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love – that’s the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.
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Goals Harmony Live Love Mind Peace People Seek Thinking Togetherness
It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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Inspirational Peace Person
There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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Action Change Freedom Inspirational Mind People Want
People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn’t just free blacks but them, too.
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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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I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.
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I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
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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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There 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.
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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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That 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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