The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly.
ROSA PARKSThere is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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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 talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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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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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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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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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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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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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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I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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Why do you all push us around?
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