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Rosa Parks
Geburtstag: 4. Februar 1913
Todesdatum: 24. Oktober 2005
Rosa Louise Parks war eine US-amerikanische Bürgerrechtlerin. Die Afroamerikanerin wurde am 1. Dezember 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama verhaftet, weil sie sich weigerte, ihren Sitzplatz im Bus für einen weißen Fahrgast zu räumen. Dies löste den Busboykott von Montgomery aus, der neben den Protesten im Fall Emmett Till als Anfang der schwarzen Bürgerrechtsbewegung gilt, die das Ende der sogenannten Jim-Crow-Gesetze herbeiführte.
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„Ich wollte nur frei sein, wie jeder andere auch. Ich wollte nicht immerzu gedemütigt werden, wegen etwas, auf das ich keinen Einfluss hatte: Die Farbe meiner Haut.“
— Rosa Parks
50 Klassiker, Prozesse, Berühmte Rechtsfälle von der Antike bis heute dargestellt von Marie Sagenschneider; Verlag: Gerstenberg Visuell, S. 220 - 225
„Irgendwann muss man einmal »Halt!« sagen [... ], um diesen ständigen Schikanen ein Ende zu bereiten und herauszufinden, auf welche Menschenrechte ich Anspruch hatte.“
— Rosa Parks
über Rassendiskriminierung, 50 Klassiker, Prozesse, Berühmte Rechtsfälle von der Antike bis heute dargestellt von Marie Sagenschneider; Verlag: Gerstenberg Visuell, S. 220 - 225
„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
Quoted in "Women of the Hall: Rosa Parks," http://womenshalloffame.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=117 Women's National Hall of Fame (undated); said upon her 77th birthday (1990-02-04)
„The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.“
— Rosa Parks
Context: 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-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
Rosa Parks: My Story, p. 116, Rosa Parks and James Haskins (1992)
„I did not want to be mistreated, I did not want to be deprived of a seat that I had paid for. It was just time... there was opportunity for me to take a stand to express the way I felt about being treated in that manner. I had not planned to get arrested. I had plenty to do without having to end up in jail. But when I had to face that decision, I didn't hesitate to do so because I felt that we had endured that too long. The more we gave in, the more we complied with that kind of treatment, the more oppressive it became.“
— Rosa Parks
"Parks Recalls Bus Boycott, Excerpts from an interview with Lynn Neary", National Public Radio (1992), linked at "Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies" http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4973548, NPR, October 25, 2005.
„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-taught businessman, he provided for his family, and he loved and respected me. Parks would have stood proud and tall to see so many of our men uniting for our common man and committing their lives to a better future for themselves, their families, and this country. Although criticism and controversy has been focused on in the media instead of benefits for the one million men assembling peacefully for spiritual food and direction, it is a success. I pray that my multiracial and international friends will view this [some audio unclear] gathering as an opportunity for all men but primarily men of African heritage to make changes in their lives for the better. I am proud of all groups of people who feel connected with me in any way, and I will always work for human rights for all people. However, as an African American woman, I am proud, applaud, and support our men in this assembly. I would a lot like to have male students of the Pathways to Freedom to join me here and wave their hands, but I don't think they're here right now. But thank you all young men of the Pathways to Freedom. Thank you and God bless you all. Thank you.“
— Rosa Parks
Rosa Park speech to social activists assembled in Washington, D.C. ( 1995) http://www.sweetspeeches.com/s/2316-rosa-parks-speech-at-the-million-man-march)
