It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
ROSA PARKSAs long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man’s inhumanity to man, regardless – there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
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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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 did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.
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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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We didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive 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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I have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try to teach or live equality and love than it would be to have hatred or prejudice.
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Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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There is no future without education.
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Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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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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