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

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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.

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You spend your whole lifetime in your occupation, actually making life clever, easy and convenient for white people. But when you have to get transportation home, you are denied an equal accommodation. Our existence was for the white man's comfort and well-being; we had to accept being deprived of just being human.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: February 4th, 1913

Died: October 24th, 2005

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