Rosa Parks passes away

[hewhocaves]

an icon of the Civil Rights movement passed away today at 92

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/24/parks.obit/index.html

[Musashi]

R.i.p.

[hewhocaves]

FOX got her age wrong. *sigh*
http://www.foxnews.com/

(from their banner headline)
U.S. Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies at 87

her wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

*update... they've fixed the error at FOX. must have found a grammer school kid who knows basic math*

[TheBlackCat]

I don't really have words for this moment, but:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v89/toddrme/half-mast.jpg

(don't worry, I'm hosting this pic)

[Swift]

I wonder how many young people even know who Rosa Parks was and the fact this all of this happened only about 50 years ago.

I did a post-doc at the University of New Orleans in the mid-80s. The Chemistry Dept. building there was built in the early/mid 60s and was an interesting piece of history. In the halls, the water fountains were all in pairs. I figured out that at the time they were built, one was for blacks and one was for whites, though the signs for them were long gone. If the building had been built earlier, there would have only been single fountains, because the school was whites only; if it had been built later, there would have only been single fountains, because the Jim Crowe laws were now gone.

[Maksutov]

Just think. If some of the state's righters (a few of which post here) had had their way, Rosa would probably have taken her last bus ride still way in the back.

Courage comes in many different shapes and sizes.

Brava, Ms. Parks! You will always be a national treasure.

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[ToSeek]

I'm old enough that busing to achieve integration in my home town didn't happen until I finished elementary school. My younger brother and sister were almost certainly among the first students at that school (located in the center of a fairly posh neighborhood in a southern city) to have black classmates.

[Gillianren]

My school district is still under mandatory busing, back home in California.

"People always say I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in." --Rosa Parks

[AGN Fuel]

From the other side of the world, may I add my condolences for the loss of a woman, who should be regarded with pride not just as an American treasure, but also as one for humanity as a whole.

It is those who have the courage of their convictions who have the capability to change the world.

[ToSeek]

Doug Marlette editorial cartoon (http://www.comicspage.com/comicspage/main.jsp?file=20051025edmar-a-p.jpg&refresh_content=1&component_id=3&custid=69&catid=1180&dir=%2Fmarlette)

[Candy]

I saw her death today, but it didn't phase me. I don't why. I suppose I’ve accepted the balance between black and white. I've come to terms with equality. I like it. And I come from a State where signs for curfews of blacks were taken down in my lifetime (I’m 39).

I just wish some folks would stop keeping segregation active like Jesse and Farrakhan (spelling). Let’s stop looking at the past and look forward to the future. Rosa would’ve loved the view from where I stand.

I cherish you, Rosa Parks, and your predecessors (least we forget).

[Candy]

sorry for posting twice

[crosscountry]

Rosa Parks had a real impact on our country. She was a positive voice for what is truely right.

Rest in Peace.

[LurchGS]

In the halls, the water fountains were all in pairs. I figured out that at the time they were built, one was for blacks and one was for whites, though the signs for them were long gone.


Not to quibble too much, but that doesn't absolutely follow - though in this case it's quite likely. I've been to many different schools - both as student and parent - and quite a few more modern buildings have paired water fountains. (and yes, I include institutes of higher learning, too). Actually, I was in a buiding recently where they have no fewer than *four* drinking fountains in a row. I suppose some should be set aside for martians and flat-earthers.

Re Ms Parks, herself. I'm glad she lived long enough to see the retification of the constitution in Iraq. I think that's something that would have mattered to her, given that the underlying issues there are civil rights and bigotry.

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