I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up. — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and… — 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. No, the only tired… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand.… — 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… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
People have said over the years that the reason I did not give up my seat was because I was tired. I… — 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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I thought about Emmett Till, and I could not go back. My legs and feet were not hurting, that is a stereotype. I paid… — Rosa Parks Copy Share
I thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move. — Rosa Parks Copy Share
“At the time i didn't realize why there was so much Klan activity, but later I learned that it was because African-American soldiers werre… — Rosa Parks Copy Share
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