Thank You, Rosa Parks!
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005)
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
From the "I Have a Dream" speech", Aug. 28, 1963
Introduction:
by Housewife4Palestine
When I was a little girl, I lived not far from where the Watt’s Riots where happening and I remember how people was afraid. But I also, have to think about people like Rosa Parks who was courageous enough to stand and defy the racist system towards Black people in the South. It was people like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. that brought a light to a situation that needed to be addressed even in the time they lived what had been going on far to long and should never had happened in the first place.
As I have mentioned in previous posts on racism in America has always been a problem and it is high time that these racist bullies are seen for who they truly are, not a people who should be put on a back burner or commended for their activities; but should be treated with distain. For them since the founding of America has given the country nothing but a large black marked that many in the world sees as nothing but a counter point of absolute resentment for their mistreatments of their fellow citizens or guests in their country.
America, attempts to show the world they are a good Christian country, even racist organizations will say the same, but it doesn’t change the fact that racism has no place with God; for each and ever person living on this earth is His creation.
So again, thank you to people like Rosa Parks for reminding American’s what they had become and I am sorry to say still is. May she rest in peace!
Thank You, Rosa Parks!
Rosa Parks has been called the spark that lit the fire, and the mother of the movement. Her courage to defy custom and law to uphold her personal rights and dignity inspired the Black in Montgomery, Alabama, to fight for their rights by staging one of the longest boycotts in history.
Born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, she was raised by her mother and grandparents in Tuskegee and Montgomery. After attending segregated schools, she went to the all-black Alabama State College. In 1932, she married Raymond Parks, a barber. Both of them worked for the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter, and Rosa became local NAACP secretary in the 1950s.
On December 1, 1955, as Parks was riding home from work, she was ordered by the bus driver to give up her seat so that a white man might sit. She refused. She was arrested and fined $14. Her case was the last straw for the blacks of Montgomery, as tired of being underclass citizens as Parks was. A city-wide boycott was organized to force the city to desegregate public transportation. A young, unknown minister by the name of Martin Luther King, Jr. became involved, and lectured the nation on the injustice of it all. Blacks, and a few whites, organized peacefully together to transport boycotters to and from work, and they continued, despite opposition from the city and state governments, for 382 days.
Rosa Parks sits in the front of a bus in Montgomery, Ala., in 1956 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregation illegal on the city's bus system. © Bettmann/Corbis
Rosa Being Booked for Jail
When the boycott ended on December 21, 1956, both Parks and King were national heroes, and the Supreme Court had ruled that segregation on city buses was unconstitutional. The mass movement of non-violent social change that was started would last over a decade, and would culminate in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Because of the harassment Rosa Parks and her family received during and after the boycott, they moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1957. She found a job with Congressman John Conyers, but continued to be involved in the civil rights struggle. She gave speeches and attended marches and demonstrations. She marched on Washington in 1963, and into Montgomery in 1965. Even as her life has quieted down, she has received tributes for her dedication and inspiration; in 1980, she received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize. As she headed towards retirement from John Conyers office in 1988, she became involved in other activities, like the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute of Self Development in Detroit, founded in 1987. (Source)
Rosa Parks, 92, died at her home
in Detroit on Oct. 24, 2005.
Links:
Rosa Parks Biography
Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies
Some Quotes by Rosa Parks:
Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again. (Source)
I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don't think there is anything such as complete happiness. It pains me that there is still a lot of Klan activity and racism. I think when you say you're happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for. I haven't reached that stage yet. (source)
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
From the "I Have a Dream" speech", Aug. 28, 1963
Introduction:
by Housewife4Palestine
When I was a little girl, I lived not far from where the Watt’s Riots where happening and I remember how people was afraid. But I also, have to think about people like Rosa Parks who was courageous enough to stand and defy the racist system towards Black people in the South. It was people like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. that brought a light to a situation that needed to be addressed even in the time they lived what had been going on far to long and should never had happened in the first place.
As I have mentioned in previous posts on racism in America has always been a problem and it is high time that these racist bullies are seen for who they truly are, not a people who should be put on a back burner or commended for their activities; but should be treated with distain. For them since the founding of America has given the country nothing but a large black marked that many in the world sees as nothing but a counter point of absolute resentment for their mistreatments of their fellow citizens or guests in their country.
America, attempts to show the world they are a good Christian country, even racist organizations will say the same, but it doesn’t change the fact that racism has no place with God; for each and ever person living on this earth is His creation.
So again, thank you to people like Rosa Parks for reminding American’s what they had become and I am sorry to say still is. May she rest in peace!
Thank You, Rosa Parks!
Rosa Parks has been called the spark that lit the fire, and the mother of the movement. Her courage to defy custom and law to uphold her personal rights and dignity inspired the Black in Montgomery, Alabama, to fight for their rights by staging one of the longest boycotts in history.
Born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, she was raised by her mother and grandparents in Tuskegee and Montgomery. After attending segregated schools, she went to the all-black Alabama State College. In 1932, she married Raymond Parks, a barber. Both of them worked for the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter, and Rosa became local NAACP secretary in the 1950s.
On December 1, 1955, as Parks was riding home from work, she was ordered by the bus driver to give up her seat so that a white man might sit. She refused. She was arrested and fined $14. Her case was the last straw for the blacks of Montgomery, as tired of being underclass citizens as Parks was. A city-wide boycott was organized to force the city to desegregate public transportation. A young, unknown minister by the name of Martin Luther King, Jr. became involved, and lectured the nation on the injustice of it all. Blacks, and a few whites, organized peacefully together to transport boycotters to and from work, and they continued, despite opposition from the city and state governments, for 382 days.
Rosa Parks sits in the front of a bus in Montgomery, Ala., in 1956 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregation illegal on the city's bus system. © Bettmann/Corbis
Rosa Being Booked for Jail
When the boycott ended on December 21, 1956, both Parks and King were national heroes, and the Supreme Court had ruled that segregation on city buses was unconstitutional. The mass movement of non-violent social change that was started would last over a decade, and would culminate in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Because of the harassment Rosa Parks and her family received during and after the boycott, they moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1957. She found a job with Congressman John Conyers, but continued to be involved in the civil rights struggle. She gave speeches and attended marches and demonstrations. She marched on Washington in 1963, and into Montgomery in 1965. Even as her life has quieted down, she has received tributes for her dedication and inspiration; in 1980, she received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize. As she headed towards retirement from John Conyers office in 1988, she became involved in other activities, like the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute of Self Development in Detroit, founded in 1987. (Source)
Rosa Parks, 92, died at her home
in Detroit on Oct. 24, 2005.
Links:
Rosa Parks Biography
Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies
Some Quotes by Rosa Parks:
Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again. (Source)
I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don't think there is anything such as complete happiness. It pains me that there is still a lot of Klan activity and racism. I think when you say you're happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for. I haven't reached that stage yet. (source)
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