Rosa Parks
10 quotes
“Women of the Hall: Rosa Parks,”
“From my upbringing and the Bible I learned people should stand up for rights just as the children of Israel stood up to the Pharaoh. Quoted in The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks , by Jeanne Theoharis”
“God has always given me the strength to say what is right... I had the strength of God and my ancestors with me. Quoted in The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks , by Jeanne Theoharis”
“Standing Up for Freedom,”
“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. Quoted in The Story Behind the Bus .  Rosa Parks Bus . The Henry Ford. Retrieved on 2008”
“Rosa Parks: Her simple act of protest galvanized America's civil rights revolution,”
“Thank you very much. I honor my late husband Raymond Parks, other Freedom Fighters, men of goodwill who could not be here. I'm also honored by young men who respect me and have invited me as an elder. Raymond, or Parks as I called him, was an activist in the Scottsboro Boys case, voter registration, and a role model for youth. As a self”
“Parks Recalls Bus Boycott, Excerpts from an interview with Lynn Neary”
“People always said that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty”
“You may do that. (on being threatened with arrest for failing to move from her seat) “You’re Under Arrest”: Rosa Parks’ Disobedience Against Racism , 2022”