http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/24/parks.obit/index.html
Redwolf
I really think “a great lady” is an understatement.
She certainly made a big change in this part of America, at the very least, as a rallying point.
I’m sorry to say I have not thought of her for quite a long time. She was a very brave woman. I would have moved to the back of the bus.
Well-behaved women rarely make history. Thank you Rosa Parks-- you made a difference!!
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.
This is true.
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.
Carol
An amazing woman and an inspiration to all of us who not only want to dream of true equality but would like to do something to make it happen.
We all could stand to learn a thing or two from Rosa Parks. IMHO, she was a national treasure, and a woman of great stength, great will and tremendous courage. We still have a lot to learn from Rosa Parks. Rest in peace beautiful lady.
She’s always there in the back of my mind ready to leap to the fore if ever I start thinking “What’s the point? What difference can I make?”.
It certainly took a lot of guts on her part.
Edited because it would need to go to the political forum.
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.