"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."
Quiet Strength (2000)

~Rosa Parks born #OTD in 1913

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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