Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
ROSA PARKSTime begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love – that’s the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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I will always work for human rights for all people.
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One person can change the world.
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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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You 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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The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
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I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
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If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
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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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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.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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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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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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