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I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.

Rosa Parks

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.
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Believe Hope Inspirational Life Optimism
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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Healing Hurt Life Place Scars Try
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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Candidate Citizen Concern Government Learning People Time Vote
I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.
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Consent Die Giving Ready Self Respect
Why do you all push us around?
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Black Lives Matter
I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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God Learning Strength Trust
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so other people would be also free.
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Freedom People Person Positive Remember Want
All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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Business Dedication Home One Liner Try Work
As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.
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Done Freedom People Restriction Tactics Work
Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.
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Community Dignity Emphasis Family Pride Racism
An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.
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Giving Opportunity
If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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Children Freedom Stand
I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.
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Black Lives Matter Violence
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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Action Black Lives Matter Cause Normal Trouble
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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Alone Desire Feeling Freedom Individual
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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Direction Fall Feeling Opposite Step Time

I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.

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