Rosa Parks Quotes


Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.


Citations

Parks, Rosa, with Gregory J. Reed. Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation. Zondervan Publishing House, 1994, p. 48.

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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks
  • Born: February 4, 1913
  • Died: October 24, 2005
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Civil Rights Activist

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".