We didn't have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next. I remember going to sleep as a girl hearing the Klan ride at night and hearing a lynching and being afraid the house would burn down.
Why do you all push us around? - Rosa Parks
Why do you all push us around?
- Rosa Parks
There is no future without education. - Rosa Parks
There is no future without education.
The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed. - Rosa Parks
The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.
One person can change the world. - Rosa Parks
One person can change the world.
you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. - Rosa Parks
you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.
Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground. - Rosa Parks
Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.
Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want… - Rosa Parks
Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want…
People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in. - Rosa Parks
People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
I am leaving this legacy to all of you...to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the p… - Rosa Parks
I am leaving this legacy to all of you...to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the p…
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