The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
ROSA PARKSOur 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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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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There is no future without education.
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There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.
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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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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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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 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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What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
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