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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.

Rosa Parks

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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Black Lives Matter Change Decide Human Prejudice Treatment
I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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Knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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Done Fear Women Empowerment
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 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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Believe Earth Enjoyment Freedom Grow Up Place Planet World
I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.
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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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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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I have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try to teach or live equality and love than it would be to have hatred or prejudice.
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Black Lives Matter Brotherhood Equality Feeling Hatred Life Live Love Prejudice Teaching
I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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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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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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I want to be treated like a human being.
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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 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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