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A Note from the Author
I saw and heard so much as a child growing up with hate and injustice against black people. I learned to put my trust in God and to seek Him as my strength. Long ago I set my mind to be a free person and not to give in to fear. I always felt that it was my right to defend myself if I could.
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. When I sat down on the bus the day I was arrested, I was thinking of going home. I had made up my mind quickly about what it was that I had to do, what I felt was right to do. I did not think of being physically tired or fearful.
After so many years of oppression and being a victim of the mistreatment that my people had suffered, not giving up my seat— and whatever I had to face after not giving it up— was not important. I did not feel any fear at sitting in the seat I was sitting in. All I felt was tired. Tired of being pushed around.
—Rosa Parks
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Defiance“The last shall be first, and the first last.” —Matthew 20:16 Photo: Rosa Parks with her attorney, Charles D. Langford, on her way to jail for helping to organize a citywide bus boycott, February 22, 1956. |
Role Models“In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.” —Titus 2:7-8 Photo: Rosa Parks with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a dinner in her honor, August 10, 1965. |
Faith“Trust ye in the Lord forever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.” —Isaiah 26:4 Photo: Rosa Parks speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, January 1969. |
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