Creative Quotations from . . .
Rosa Parks
(1913-2005) born on Feb 4
US civil rights leader. "Her refusal to give up bus seat to a white man initiated a bus boycott and sparked the civil rights movement; won Spingarn, 1978."
 
   
F
I believe that 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."

R
"Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others."
A
It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made and demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand . . . I was quite tired after spending a full day working.
N
"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."
K
"I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "The Meaning of Life," "Life," Dec 1988."
R: "In "The Meaning of Life," "Life," Dec 1988."
A: "On her refusal to give up her bus seat; workshop at the Highland Folk School, Monteagle, TN, Mar 1956."
N: "In "Simpson's Contemporary Quotations," by James B. Simpson, 1988."
K: "In "The Meaning of Life," "Life," Dec 1988."



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