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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.

Rosa Parks

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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Allow Black Lives Matter Difference Servant Slave
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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Children Hope Meet Overcome Preparation Racism
I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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Achievement Determination Freedom History Lesson
All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
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Business Dedication Home One Liner Try Work
It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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Inspirational Peace Person
People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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Freedom Mind Need People Prejudice Racism
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
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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Action Contradict Myself Person Truth
I see the energy of young people as a real force for positive change.
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Change Energy Force Inspirational People Positive Young
God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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Giving God Right Strength
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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Happiness Life Need
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
No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
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Business Entrepreneur Give Up Inspirational One Liner Tired
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
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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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

When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.

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