I thought about Emmett Till, and I could not go back. My legs and feet were not hurting, that is a stereotype. I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back. — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
We didn't have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next. I remember going to sleep as a girl hearing the Klan ride at night and hearing a lynching and… — 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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