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Rosa Parks dies at age 92
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I don't know just how ignorant this makes me, but I had no idea she was still alive.
To die at 92 suggests living through some serious stages in world history and equates to living a pretty fulfilling life, but Rosa blew them all out of the water. She pretty much initiated a revolution, one that is still in progress.
Sad news, but I'm sure she died happy knowing she's done so much for the world.
To die at 92 suggests living through some serious stages in world history and equates to living a pretty fulfilling life, but Rosa blew them all out of the water. She pretty much initiated a revolution, one that is still in progress.
Sad news, but I'm sure she died happy knowing she's done so much for the world.
Google News now finds some:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4373794.stm
Very sad day, but for a lady that should not be forgotten. She started such a change in American history and certainly started the path to equality among races in America. She is twice the person most of us could ever hope to be.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4373794.stm
Very sad day, but for a lady that should not be forgotten. She started such a change in American history and certainly started the path to equality among races in America. She is twice the person most of us could ever hope to be.
She did a little more than just sit on a bus. She took a stand on that bus that sowed the seeds of change in the racial segregation of the USA at the time. She is a hugely important historical figure.
She sat on a bus, in the "colored sectoin" and was told to get up when the bus driver extended the "white section" back more. She refused to get up as she was already sitting.
This led to a major boycott of the bus system in the city which almost crippled the Transit Company's Budget. News spread like WildFire. Rev Martin Luther King Jr, who was ONLY A reverend got wind of it. And it started from there.
Think about if she got up from the seat.
This led to a major boycott of the bus system in the city which almost crippled the Transit Company's Budget. News spread like WildFire. Rev Martin Luther King Jr, who was ONLY A reverend got wind of it. And it started from there.
Think about if she got up from the seat.
In her autobiography, she said that she wasn't trying to make a huge statement. She was just tired. "Not tired from work. A different kind of tired. Tired of being pushed around is what I was." I may have paraphrased, but that was the gist of it.
It was a good thing that she did, it started everything off. But I think everything would have happened anyway.
It was a good thing that she did, it started everything off. But I think everything would have happened anyway.
Following her stance (or lack thereof...she actually took a "sit" for her rights ;P), a 380-some day boycott of public transportation began.
After that, a huge civil rights movement that has affected more than just African Americans has been put in place, thanks to works of her, Martin Luther King, and a handful of other names.
After that, a huge civil rights movement that has affected more than just African Americans has been put in place, thanks to works of her, Martin Luther King, and a handful of other names.
this is out of curiousity .. i heard that segregation system is still going on the deep south .. is it true? i know that some restaurant in tx dont serve food to black people (dont know about other non white race.. but i got the info from a black friend of mine when he was coming back to chicago from houston he stopped at a restaurant in tx)..
felguard
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I'm doing a history project on her. It's going to be a video of a skit of what she did. Gonna go on the city bus with around 5 people, one of them of course is a black girl. She's going to be Rosa Parks and will sit in the middle/front of the city bus. I'll be video taping it and the other people will be staring at her. One white dude will go up to the supposely "Rosa Parks" and ask her to give the seat to him just like what happened in 1955. How am I going to do this on a city bus you ask? Well, there's this certain route that some city buses go to and the drivers take a break. When the driver is taking a break, we'll ask permission to use the bus. This video is for our history project, but it's also a dedication to Rosa Parks. Heh, it's a bit crazy isn't it?
are you going to be Rosa Parks, or dead at 92 Rosa Parks?
Or an oppressive white user of public transportation?
Or an oppressive white user of public transportation?
