People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
ROSA PARKSThat 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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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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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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When the history of this country is written, when a final accounting is done, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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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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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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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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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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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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Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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