I will always work for human rights for all people.
ROSA PARKSRacism 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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 had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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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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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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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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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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I want to be treated like a human being.
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