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I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

I don't think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race. The only way for prejudiced people to change is for them to decide for themselves that all human beings should be treated fairly. We can't force them to think that way.

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be mistreated because of the color of their skin.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.

It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working.

Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he has done to one life multiplied millions of times over these United States and the world. He walks us on a tightrope from birth.

There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason and madness grows thinner.

All I was doing was trying to get home from work.

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.

My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work.

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

Why do you all push us around?

At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.

People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man's inhuman treatment of the Negro.

I was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913. I was allowed to read. My mother, who was a teacher, taught me when I was a very young child. The first school I attended was a small building that went from first to sixth grade. There was one teacher for all of the students. There could be anywhere from 50 to 60 students of all different ages.

The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute accepts people of any race. We don't discriminate against anyone. We teach people to reach their highest potential. I set examples by the way I lead my life.

God has always given me the strength to say what is right.

I have never been what you would call just an integrationist. I know I've been called that... Integrating that bus wouldn't mean more equality. Even when there was segregation, there was plenty of integration in the South, but it was for the benefit and convenience of the white person, not us.

I have been refused entrance on the buses because I would not pay my fare at the front and go around to the rear door to enter. That was the custom if the bus was crowded up to the point where the white passengers would start occupying.

Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.

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