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applegrove

(131,575 posts)
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 04:51 PM Thursday

Rosa Parks:

“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, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/rosa-parks

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Rosa Parks: (Original Post) applegrove Thursday OP
Thank you. niyad Thursday #1
Most welcome. I had not heard it before and thought it was appropriate for these days. applegrove Thursday #2
Rec MustLoveBeagles Thursday #3
Salute to Ms. Parks Bayard Thursday #4

applegrove

(131,575 posts)
2. Most welcome. I had not heard it before and thought it was appropriate for these days.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 04:54 PM
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