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.
ROSA PARKSHave 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.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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There is no future without education.
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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 is better to protest than to accept injustice.
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Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
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I believe there is only one race – the human race.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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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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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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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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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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I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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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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