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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.

Rosa Parks

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
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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Concern Equality Freedom Justice People Person Prosperity
There are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.
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Black Lives Matter Colour Facility Injustice
If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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Children Freedom Stand
If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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Angry Finding Friendship Missing People Stay
Why do you all push us around?
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Black Lives Matter
I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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Citizen Ignorance Neglect Tired Treatment
My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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Business Concern Dedication Home Work
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.
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Decide Declutter Folk Hands Individual Paper
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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Black Lives Matter Freedom
I want to be treated like a human being.
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Human One Liner Self Respect Treatment
Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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Continue Deed Life Live Memories 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
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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Beat Black Lives Matter Children Freedom Kill People Police Racism Time Young
As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man’s inhumanity to man, regardless – there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
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Crime Done Human Man Need People Regard Togetherness Unemployment Work
I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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Achievement Determination Freedom History Lesson

When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.

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