I thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move.
Rosa Parks
I thought of Emmett Till, and ...
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I'd see the bus pass every day… But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was the custom. The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.
Rosa Parks
It is better to protest than to accept injustice.
Rosa Parks
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
I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.
Rosa Parks
Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
Rosa Parks
