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I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.

Rosa Parks

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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People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race.
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Euality Freedom Mind Need People Prejudice Race Racism
I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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Against Human Prejudice Race Racism Thinking
I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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Black Lives Matter Violence
Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.
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Believe Black Lives Matter Business Capable Firm Leadership Organization
I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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God Learning Strength Trust
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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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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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man’s inhumanity to man, regardless – there is much to be done, and people need to work together.
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There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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Freedom Mind Need People Prejudice Racism
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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I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.
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Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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Community Dignity Emphasis Family Pride Racism
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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I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.

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I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.

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