The tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.

Anderson Cooper
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The tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible. This quote is said to be by Rosa Parks. She is known as the lady who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, and thus helping to lead the Civil Rights Movement.

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