Quote by Rosa Parks
I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giv

I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up. – Rosa Parks

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

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I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality…. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. – Abraham Lincoln

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We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived. – June Jordan

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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships. – W.E.B. DuBois

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