Rosa Parks Quotes – City of Quotes

In many ways, history is marked as ‘before’ and ‘after’ Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.

Jesse Jackson

When I was 15 years old in 1955, I heard of Rosa Parks. I heard the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. on our radio.

John Lewis

I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.

Stephen Colbert

When I was 15 years old in 1955, I heard of Rosa Parks. I heard the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. on our radio.

John Lewis

Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble… good trouble, necessary trouble.

John Lewis

Rosa Parks’ entire career has been one as working as a civil rights activist.

Douglas Brinkley

The action of Rosa Parks, the words and leadership of Dr. King inspired me. I was deeply inspired. I wanted to do something.

John Lewis

If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus.

Kinky Friedman

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In many ways, history is marked as ‘before’ and ‘after’ Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.

When I was 15 years old in 1955, I heard of Rosa Parks. I heard the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. on our radio.

I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.

When I was 15 years old in 1955, I heard of Rosa Parks. I heard the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. on our radio.

Rosa Parks inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble… good trouble, necessary trouble.

Rosa Parks’ entire career has been one as working as a civil rights activist.

The action of Rosa Parks, the words and leadership of Dr. King inspired me. I was deeply inspired. I wanted to do something.

If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus.