Why do you all push us around?
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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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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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When the history of this country is written, when a final accounting is done, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten.
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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.
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I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.
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There is no future without education.
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There are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
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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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