I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
Rosa ParksStand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.
Rosa ParksI thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move.
Rosa ParksPeople have said over the years that the reason I did not give up my seat was because I was tired. I did not think of being physically tired. My feet were not hurting. I was tired in a different way. I was tired of seeing so many men treated as boys and not called by their proper names or titles. I was tired of seeing children and women mistreated and disrespected because of the color of their skin. I was tired of Jim Crow laws, of legally enforced racial segregation.
Rosa Parks