Rosa Louise Parks-McCauley:
(Tuskegee, Alabama, 4 February 1913 – Detroit, Michigan, 24 October 2005).
American civil rights activist. She is best known for her 1955 act of resistance in which she refused to give up her seat in the rear section reserved for blacks to white passengers. This happened when the front section of the bus reserved for whites became full.
Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.
I believe that we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up, and do what we can to make this world a better place for others to enjoy freedom.
Universal freedom: not just for yourself, but “for all people”—a direct echo of the civil rights struggle. In line with Parks’ ethos: Personal responsibility and peaceful resolve.
Freedom as a collective good that is only complete when everyone can enjoy it. Author 🧑🏾🦱: Likely author: Rosa Parks (1913–2005), icon of the American civil rights movement. Online and in anthologies, this quote is routinely placed under her name. Origin / source 🔎: Frequently cited without primary source attribution. The sentiment resonates with Parks’ own words in her memoirs and reflections, for example in: “Rosa Parks: My Story” (1992), “Quiet Strength” (1994). Note: An exact page or interview source for this specific phrase is rarely given. It is likely a paraphrase or a commonly used translation variation of a statement that has circulated through quote collections. Translation and variations 📝: The quote is widely attributed to Rosa Parks; however, the precise original source is not unambiguously identified.
