People have said over the years that the reason I did not give up my seat was because I was tired. I did not think of being physically tired. My feet were not hurting. I was tired in a different… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression. We soothe ourselves with the salve of attempted indifference, accepting the false pattern set up by the horrible restriction of Jim Crow laws. — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, [...]… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he has done to one life multiplied millions of times over… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
I have never been what you would call just an integrationist. I know I've been called that... Integrating that bus wouldn't mean more equality.… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength. Long ago I set my mind to be a… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
Many whites, even white Southerners told me that even though it may have seemed like the blacks were being freed (by my actions) they… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful,… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
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