Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
ROSA PARKSTime begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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One person can change the world.
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There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take. The line between reason and madness grows thinner.
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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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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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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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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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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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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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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 had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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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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When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
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