When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
ROSA PARKSAn opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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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 was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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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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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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