People Quote by Claudette Colvin

Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn't just decide to sit on the bus, it was strategic.

— Aisha Hinds

You probably know the name of Rosa Parks. You probably know that her refusal to move to the colored section in the back of…

— Michel Martin

Rosa Parks was an unlikely person, but she became an instrument of the people's will in that community who were tired. They said she…

— Joseph Lowery

Rosa Parks wasn't the first one to rebel against the segregated seats. I was the first one.

— Claudette Colvin

Rosa Parks showed us all that one little person can make a whole bunch of noise without so much as a whisper. She showed…

— Richard Pryor

In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and…

— Jesse Jackson

If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave…

— Kinky Friedman

What you might not know is that shortly after she worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others, Rosa Parks had to leave…

— Michel Martin

If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing.

— Mary Frances Berry

“When asked what gave her the strength and commitment to refuse segregation, (Rosa) Parks credited her mother and grandfather "for giving me the spirit…

— Jeanne Theoharis

The world knows of Rosa Parks because of a single, simple act of dignity and courage that struck a lethal blow to the foundations…

— William J. Clinton

When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women.…

— John Lewis