When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.
ROSA PARKSWhen I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
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Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
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Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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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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Everyone living together in peace and harmony and love – that’s the goal that we seek, and I think that the more people there are who reach that state of mind, the better we will all be.
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Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression.
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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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I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.
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People need to free their minds of all racial prejudice.
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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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When the history of this country is written, when a final accounting is done, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten.
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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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If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
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