Around the world Quote by Jim Costa

The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst.

— Jim Costa

Rosa Parks inspired many. She will not be forgotten.

— John Shimkus

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

Rosa Parks was the queen mother of a movement whose single act of heroism sparked the movement for freedom, justice and equality. Her greatest…

— Marc Morial

Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading…

— John Shimkus

Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil…

— David Cameron

Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century…

— Bob Filner

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

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

I hope that, reading 'Rosa,' people will remember their own family and friends and talk about what they did and did not do.

— Nikki Giovanni

Persistence. Change doesn't happen overnight. You have to stay with it. Rosa Parks helped start the Civil Rights movement in earnest in 1955. Then…

— Kabir Sehgal

I have no issue with Rosa Parks. But I do have an issue with liberals trying to canonize her in order to glorify themselves…

— Jesse Lee Peterson