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.
ROSA PARKSI was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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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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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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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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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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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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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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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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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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
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