Civil rights pioneer Rosa Park dies

[CptStern]

"Nearly 50 years ago, Rosa Parks made a simple decision that sparked a revolution. When a white man demanded she give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, the then 42-year-old seamstress said no.

At the time, she couldn't have known it would secure her a revered place in American history. But her one small act of defiance galvanized a generation of activists, including a young Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and earned her the title "mother of the civil rights movement."

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I guess I admire her for standing up (or not standing up in this case) for what was right; her simple act of defiance resonated around the world.

rip rosa parks

 

[Kangy]

Yeah, such a tiny act really did massive things for the society that we live in today. Not many people change the world in good ways, so yeah, real respect for her life.

 

[Septih]

"Nearly 50 years ago, Rosa Parks made a simple decision that sparked a revolution. When a white man demanded she give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, the then 42-year-old seamstress said no.

At the time, she couldn't have known it would secure her a revered place in American history. But her one small act of defiance galvanized a generation of activists, including a young Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and earned her the title "mother of the civil rights movement."

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I guess I admire her for standing up (or not standing up in this case) for what was right; her simple act of defiance resonated around the world.

rip rosa parks

I'm not 100% certain, but am i right in thinking that the defiance was planned with the goal of causing a boycott. At least that's what i learnt in my AS level history.

Good stubborn lady anyway

 

[CptStern]

I'm not 100% certain, but am i right in thinking that the defiance was planned with the goal of causing a boycott. At least that's what i learnt in my AS level history.

Good stubborn lady anyway

no I dont think so ...that has been a topic of debate for years:


"Many accounts fail to clarify: she was sitting in the "colored" section of the bus. With the "white" section full, a white man wanted her to give up her seat. That is, it was not a matter of protest on any level when she sat down; the protest was in her refusal to give up a seat in the "colored" section. Mrs. Parks was on the Cleveland Avenue bus on December 1, 1955. Bus driver James Blake had demanded that four blacks give up their seats in the middle section so a lone white man could sit. Three of them complied. When recalling the incident for Eyes on the Prize, a 1987 public television series on the civil rights movement, Parks said, " When he saw me still sitting, he asked if I was going to stand up and I said, 'No, I'm not'. And he said, 'Well, if you don't stand up, I'm going to have to call the police and have you arrested.' I said, 'You may do that.' "


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[Feath]

She was a bit class and brave.

 

[CptStern]

Rosa Parks Mugshot

 

[Solaris]

What?
Link doesnt work.

 

[CptStern]

here's the same image from another source

 

[Cormeh]

I guess I admire her for standing up (or not standing up in this case)

You really wanted to get that one in didn't you?

rip rosa parks

Indeed. That small act had a "snowball down a hill" effect. She was actually the first subject matter I studied in Modern Studies.

 

[CptStern]

You really wanted to get that one in didn't you?

maybe ..

 

[gick]

Much respect