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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.

Rosa Parks

Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
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What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.
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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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Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they felt more free and at ease themselves. They thought that my action didn’t just free blacks but them, too.
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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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Giving God Right Strength
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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One person can change the world.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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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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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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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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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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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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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.

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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.

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