The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
ROSA PARKSGod has always given me the strength to say what is right.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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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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There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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There is no future without education.
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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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Why do you all push us around?
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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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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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