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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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„Sie dürfen niemals Angst vor dem haben, was Sie tun, wenn es richtig ist.“

— Rosa Parks

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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

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„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

„Wurdest du jemals verletzt und als die Stelle anfing zu heilen, hast du sie abgekratzt und wieder eine Narbe gemacht.“

— Rosa Parks

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„You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.“

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— Rosa Parks

„Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.“

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— Rosa Parks

„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, 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.“

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— Rosa Parks

„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.“

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— Rosa Parks

„I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.“

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— Rosa Parks

„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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— Rosa Parks

„I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.“

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— 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)

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

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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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„The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.“

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— 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)