Rosa Parks — American Activist born on February 04, 1913, died on October 24, 2005

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African-American Civil Rights activist, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". Her birthday, February 4, and the day she was arrested, December 1, have both become Rosa Parks Day, commemorated in both California and Ohio... (wikipedia)

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.
At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.
Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
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.
Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.