Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
ROSA PARKSOne person can change the world.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.
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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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Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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 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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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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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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Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.
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One person can change the world.
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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 knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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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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