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.
ROSA PARKSVictory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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That was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but were given new names by their owners.
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
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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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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love – that’s the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.
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