Rosa Parks idézet

Rosa „Lee” Louise McCauley Parks afroamerikai polgárjogi aktivista, az amerikai feketék polgárjogi mozgalmának egyik vezéralakja.

Parks arról lett híres, hogy 1955-ben a buszvezető utasítása ellenére nem volt hajlandó átadni helyét a buszon egy fehér bőrű utasnak. Letartóztatása váltotta ki a montgomery-i buszbojkottot, a történelem egyik legsikeresebb, faji megkülönböztetés elleni megmozdulását, ami a polgárjogi mozgalom vezetőjévé emelte Martin Luther Kinget. Parks az amerikai kultúra és a polgárjogi küzdelmek egyik legjelentősebb alakjává vált. Wikipedia  

✵ 4. február 1913 – 24. október 2005
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Rosa Parks: Idézetek angolul

“God has always given me the strength to say what is right… I had the strength of God and my ancestors with me.”

Quoted in The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, by Jeanne Theoharis (2013)

“I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.”

Quoted in Rita Dove, "Rosa Parks: Her simple act of protest galvanized America's civil rights revolution," http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks01.html Time (1999-06-14)by kurtis

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

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: My Story, p. 116, Rosa Parks and James Haskins (1992)
Kontextus: 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.

“I'd see the bus pass every day… But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was the custom. The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.”

Quoted in 2008-07-01, The Story Behind the Bus, Rosa Parks Bus, The Henry Ford http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/rosaparks/story.asp, (2002)

“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 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)