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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.

Rosa Parks

I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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Beginning Healing Inspirational Mind Move On Step
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.
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Decide Declutter Folk Hands Individual Paper
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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Black Lives Matter Freedom
All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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Business Dedication Home One Liner Try Work
There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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Disappointment Hurt Madness Oppression Reason
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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Concern Equality Freedom Justice People Person Prosperity
My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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Business Concern Dedication Home Work
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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Action Black Lives Matter Cause Normal Trouble
I will always work for human rights for all people.
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Duty Human People Right Work
Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
ROSA PARKS

Courage Die Dreamss Freedom Inspirational Peace People Vision
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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Black Lives Matter Colour Facility Injustice
I want to be treated like a human being.
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Human One Liner Self Respect Treatment
I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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Black Lives Matter Violence
I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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Give Up History Ideas Try
I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
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Believe Hope Inspirational Life Optimism
The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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Black Lives Matter Bus Injustice Realize World

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