I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.
ROSA PARKSThe time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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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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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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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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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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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Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
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What 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.
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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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