The driver said, 'If you don't stand up, I'm going to call the police and have you arrested.' I said, 'You may do that.'
Civil rights activist
Interview describing the bus incident
1955 (event), 1980s-1990s (interview)
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"I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black."
Strange & Unusual"I pray that we will all learn to live together in peace and harmony."
Controversial"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, al…"
Controversial"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and wanted others to be free."
Strange & Unusual"I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving in."
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