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I want to be treated like a human being.

Rosa Parks

All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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Business Dedication Home One Liner Try Work
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.
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Children Hope Meet Overcome Preparation Racism
As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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Done Freedom People Restriction Tactics Work
It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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Acceptance Injustice One Liner Protest
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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Black Lives Matter Brotherhood Equality Feeling Hatred Life Live Love Prejudice Teaching
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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Healing Hurt Life Place Scars Try
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 think when you say you’re happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for.
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Happiness Life Need
I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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Believe Business Human Motivational One Liner Race
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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Ache Giving Heart Seat Tired Work
Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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Citizenship Difference Human Privilege Race Religion Right
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 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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Action Contradict Myself Person Truth
Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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I want to be treated like a human being.

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