I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made … - Rosa Parks

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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.

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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American civil rights activist and seamstress whom the U.S. Congress dubbed the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement". She is best remembered for her refusal on December 1, 1955 to obey bus driver James Blake's demand that she relinquish her seat so a white man could sit in the row.

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Birth Name: Rosa Louise McCauley

Native Name: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks

Alternative Names: Rosa "Lee" Louise McCauley Parks • Rosa McCauley • Rosa McCauley Parks

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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. - Rosa Parks

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