Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.
From Rosa Parks
Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.
Each person must live their life as a model for others.
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... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be mistreated because of the color of their skin.
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he has done to one life multiplied millions of times over these United States and the world. He walks us on a tightrope from birth.
Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
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