Rosa Parks: The passing of a great lady
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Rosa Parks: The passing of a great lady
...agus déanfaidh mé do mholadh ar an gcruit a Dhia, a Dhia liom!
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My daughter's middle name is after Rosa Parks. That Parks was sophisticated in the ways of public life and that her act of defiance was calculated and well-planned with the backing of the NAACP makes her all the more admirable, in my opinion: she was not an isolate, not "just" a lowly seamstress whose "feets sho are tired" as she has sometimes been portrayed, but a woman carefully chosen for the job of executing a brilliantly chosen symbolic act. The story of the bus boycott is one of my favorites in our history, and I will make my usual recommendation for anyone interested in this era to read Taylor Branch's extremely well-written Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963.
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It certainly took a lot of guts on her part.Doug_Tipple wrote:Rosa, may you rest in peace, but that is probably not what you have in mind. OK, so come back soon. There is a lot of work that still needs to be done.
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Rest in peace, Rosa, knowing that you helped many others LIVE in peace...
If you're ever in the Detroit area, visit the Henry Ford Museum. Among the other fascinating exhibits is the actual bus that the Rosa Parks incident took place in:
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/rosaparks/story.asp
Go in. Take a seat. It's an incredibly moving experience.
If you're ever in the Detroit area, visit the Henry Ford Museum. Among the other fascinating exhibits is the actual bus that the Rosa Parks incident took place in:
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/rosaparks/story.asp
Go in. Take a seat. It's an incredibly moving experience.