The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
ROSA PARKSPeople need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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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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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 was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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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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Why do you all push us around?
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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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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