Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft ...

Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft spoken woman who was uncomfortable being revered as a symbol of the civil rights movement. She only hoped to inspire young people to achieve great things.
 Jim Costa

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When you're in a broken family and your role model is a violent male, boys grow up believing that's the way they're supposed to act. And girls think that's an accepted way men will treat them.
 Jim Costa
It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans value throughout our great land.
 Jim Costa
The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst.
 Jim Costa