There are restroom facilities for white ladies and colored women, white men and colored men. We stand outside after being served at the same ticket counter instead of sitting on the inside.
ROSA PARKSBlack women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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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One person can change the world.
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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
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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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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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We will really be set back if people don’t take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.
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I want to be treated like a human being.
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The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
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Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.
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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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Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.
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Differences of race, nationality or religion should not be used to deny any human being citizenship rights or privileges.
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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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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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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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