“I don’t believe in gradualism or that whatever should be done for the better should take forever to do.” Many of the tenets of Black Power - self defense, demands for more black history in the curriculum, economic justice, internationalism, independent black political power - were not new to her. A longtime believer in a black united front, Parks embraced multiple approaches and chafed against white admonitions that black people were demanding too much. Like many younger activists, Parks too had grown frustrated by white intransigence toward black demands for equality and justice in schools, housing, jobs and policing. She had long hated the ways that black rebels were seen as freaks and demonized for their refusal to submit. “I”m in favor of any move to show that we are dissatisfied.” -Rosa Parksīelieving that it was “better to protest than to accept injustice,” Rosa Parks stood with young people who were organizing and their attempts to get justice - in the People’s Tribunal and in the emerging Black Power movement in the city and across the country. Parks’ visit to the BPP School in Oakland.
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