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Rosa Parks Quote: “What I learned best at Miss White’s school was that I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.”

51. “What I learned best at Miss White’s school was that I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.”

52. “When people made up their minds that they wanted to be free and took action, then there was a change.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.”

53. “I was ready to die but give my consent never. Never, never.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn’t feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working.”

54. “It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn’t feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.”

55. “I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “As a child I learned from the Bible to trust in God and not be afraid. And I felt the Lord would give me the strength to endure whatever I had to face. God did away with all my fear.”

56. “As a child I learned from the Bible to trust in God and not be afraid. And I felt the Lord would give me the strength to endure whatever I had to face. God did away with all my fear.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “That was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but were given new names by their owners.”

57. “That was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but were given new names by their owners.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “Even when there was segregation there was plenty of integration in the South, but it was for the benefit and convenience of the white person, not us.”

58. “Even when there was segregation there was plenty of integration in the South, but it was for the benefit and convenience of the white person, not us.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “One of my greatest pleasures there was enjoying the smell of bacon frying and coffee brewing and knowing that white folks were doing the preparing instead of me. I was 42 years old, and it was one of the few times in my life up to that point when I did not feel any hostility from white people.”

59. “One of my greatest pleasures there was enjoying the smell of bacon frying and coffee brewing and knowing that white folks were doing the preparing instead of me. I was 42 years old, and it was one of the few times in my life up to that point when I did not feel any hostility from white people.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “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 returning from World War Iasn acting as if they deserved equal rights because they had served their country.”

60. “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 returning from World War Iasn acting as if they deserved equal rights because they had served their country.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “When that white driver stepped back toward us, when he waved his hand and ordered us up and out of our seats, I felt a determination cover my body like a quilt on a winter night.”

61. “When that white driver stepped back toward us, when he waved his hand and ordered us up and out of our seats, I felt a determination cover my body like a quilt on a winter night.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.”

62. “I had given up my seat before, but this day, I was especially tired. Tired from my work as a seamstress, and tired from the ache in my heart.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.”

63. “At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.”

64. “Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “I will always work for human rights for all people.”

65. “I will always work for human rights for all people.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “Why do you all push us around?”

66. “Why do you all push us around?”

Rosa Parks Quote: “I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.”

67. “I had decided that I would not go anywhere with a piece of paper in my hand asking white folks for any favors. I had made that decision myself, as an individual.”

Rosa Parks Quote: “One of my greatest pleasures there was enjoying the smell of bacon frying and coffee brewing and knowing that white folks were doing the preparing instead of me. There was swimming in the man-made lake, volleyball, square dancing. It was quite enjoyable to be with at Highlander. We forgot what color anybody was. I was forty-two years old, and it was one of the few times in my life up to that point when I did not feel any hostility from white people.”

68. “One of my greatest pleasures there was enjoying the smell of bacon frying and coffee brewing and knowing that white folks were doing the preparing instead of me. There was swimming in the man-made lake, volleyball, square dancing. It was quite enjoyable to be with at Highlander. We forgot what color anybody was. I was forty-two years old, and it was one of the few times in my life up to that point when I did not feel any hostility from white people.”

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