I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
ROSA PARKSWhites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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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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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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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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I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.
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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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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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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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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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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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