Our 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 PARKSWhat 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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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Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
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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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That was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but were given new names by their owners.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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I think when you say you’re happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for.
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When the history of this country is written, when a final accounting is done, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten.
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There is no future without education.
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Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.
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An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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