Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
ROSA PARKSWhites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
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Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.
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As 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.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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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 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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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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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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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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