I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
ROSA PARKSI had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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.
ROSA PARKSI will always work for human rights for all people.
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.
ROSA PARKSWe didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next.
ROSA PARKSRacial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
ROSA PARKSI’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
ROSA PARKSStand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
ROSA PARKSPeople need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
ROSA PARKSWithout vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
ROSA PARKSAs long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
ROSA PARKSI 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.
ROSA PARKSI talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
ROSA PARKSIt takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
ROSA PARKSI think when you say you’re happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for.
ROSA PARKSYou cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.
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