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.
ROSA PARKSI will always work for human rights for all people.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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 would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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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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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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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You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
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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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I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
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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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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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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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