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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.

Rosa Parks

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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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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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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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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I have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try to teach or live equality and love than it would be to have hatred or prejudice.
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Nothing 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.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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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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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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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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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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I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
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