I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
ROSA PARKSI paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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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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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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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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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
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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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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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We didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
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