I did not want to be mistreated, I did not want to be deprived of a seat that I had paid for.… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute accepts people of any race. We don't discriminate against anyone. We teach people to reach their… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
I'd see the bus pass every day… But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way. — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must… — 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
I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
I don't think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race. The only way for prejudiced people to change… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be… — 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
