Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
ROSA PARKSI’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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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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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I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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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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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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Why do you all push us around?
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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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