“We live in a society that says "You Gotta get yours" and I'm not suggesting that you don't handle your business but I want to show people... Gandhi gave, Mother Theresa gave, Martin Luther King gave, Rosa Parks gave, Sojourner Truth gave, and these people had a rich life! They may have not had a Rolls Royce, Range Rover, or lived in the best neighborhoods but they changed history forever and they changed lives forever and that's what I aim to do.” PeopleWantMayShowsMotherForeverRichChangedKingsAimHandleRangeParksNeighborhoodLutherSuggestingRosaRolls RoyceTheresaRich LifeChanged LifeMother TheresaSojournersRange Rover Author:Eric Thomas
“One of the things about Steve Jobs is that he gives us an opportunity to look at the disjuncture between that world and the world he claimed that Apple represented, the "Think different" world of Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks and Gandhi.” ThinkingWorldGivingLooksDifferentJobsOpportunityKingsApplesParksLutherDifferent WorldsRosaThink Different Author:Alex Gibney
“I heard of Martin Luther King Jr. when I was 15 years old. I heard of Rosa Parks. And I met Dr. King in 1958 at the age of 18. I met Rosa Parks ... But to pick up a fun comic book - some people used to call them "funny books" - to pick this little book up, it sold for 10 cents, 12 pages or 14 pages? 14 pages I digested. And it inspired me. And I said to myself, "If the people of Montgomery can do this, maybe I can do something. Maybe I can make a contribution."” PeopleIfsYearsLittlesSaidI CanBookAgeUsedFunCan DoHeardKingsMetsPagesPicksInspiredComicParksContributionCentsComic BookDrsLutherCan Do SomethingRosaMontgomeryFunny Book Author:John Lewis
“Most students graduate from high school knowing nine words about the civil rights movement: Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, and "I Have a Dream." And that's it!” DreamSchoolKnowingRightsMovementStudentsKingsHigh SchoolNineCivil RightsParksGraduatesLutherCivil Rights MovementRosaGraduating High School Author:Andrew Aydin
“It is our hope that when people read "March" - Book One, Book Two, and Book Three - that they will understand that another generation of people, especially young people, were deeply inspired by the work of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and many others.” PeopleTwoBookYoungThreeGenerationsKingsInspiredParksMarchLutherRosa Author:John Lewis
“I met Rosa Parks when I was 17. I met Dr. [Martin Luther] King when I was 18. These two individuals inspired me to find a way to get in the way, to get in trouble. So I got in good trouble, necessary trouble.” WayTwoIndividualTroubleKingsMetsInspiredParksDrsLutherRosaDr Martin Luther King Author:John Lewis
“One of our priorities when doing "March" is to sort of undo what we feel is the disservice done by what we call the Nine Words Problem. Which is that most American kids, whatever they do learn about the movement, especially in school, is usually limited to Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream." And so there's sort of a layer of unreality; there's not a sense of continuity.” FeelsDoneProblemDreamKidsSchoolMovementKingsPrioritiesNineParksMarchLayersLutherContinuityDisserviceUnrealityRosa Author:Nate Powell
“What you might not know is that shortly after she worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others, Rosa Parks had to leave her home in Alabama to escape the constant threat of violence.” KnowsHomeMightViolenceKingsConstantThreatParksDrsLutherAlabamaRosaDr Martin Luther King Author:Michel Martin
“I think one of things that Steve Jobs, in his own funny way, encouraged us to remember with those "Think different" posters of Gandhi and Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King was, "How do you make the world a better place?"” ThinkingWorldWayDifferentJobsRememberKingsParksBetter PlaceLutherPostersRosaThink Different Author:Alex Gibney
“People look at me like I should have been like Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks. I should have seen life like that and stay out of trouble, and don't do this and don't do that. But it's hard to live up to some people's expectations.” PeopleShouldLooksHas BeensHardTroubleKingsExpectationsShould HaveParksLook At MeLutherShould Have BeenRosa Author:Rodney King
“I was raised in Arizona, and I went to public school, and the extent of my knowledge of the civil-rights movement was the story of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. I wonder how much my generation knows.” KnowsStoriesSchoolWonderRightsGenerationsMovementKingsRaisedCivil RightsParksLutherPublic SchoolCivil Rights MovementMy GenerationArizonaRosa Author:Emma Stone