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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.

Rosa Parks

If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
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Action Behaviour Demonstrate Humble Peace Recognize Respect Trust
There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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Business Dedication Hustle Stop Work Hard
I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
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Believe Hope Inspirational Life Optimism
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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Black Lives Matter Change Decide Human Prejudice Treatment
I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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Black Lives Matter Violence
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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Country Forget History President Remember Woman
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
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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Alone Desire Feeling Freedom Individual
God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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Giving God Right Strength
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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Business Confidence Fear Inspirational Right Success
I want to be treated like a human being.
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Human One Liner Self Respect Treatment
I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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Achievement Determination Freedom History Lesson
You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
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Believe Control Faith Inspirational Power Stand
I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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Arrest Black Lives Matter Bus Home
I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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Against Human Prejudice Race Racism Thinking
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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Allow Black Lives Matter Difference Servant Slave

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