"Mike Connor" wrote ...

"Wolfgang"
Rosa Parks, exemplar of quiet grace, dignity and courage got off the bus
for the last time yesterday.



Absolutely magnificent what a single determined person can achieve. Ought
to be required reading in every school in the world.

TL
MC


Yes.

But don't forget that Mrs. Parks was not the first person to challenge the
seating rules. Others had filed suit and won in regards to interstate
travel. Her case, which was taken by the NAACP (where she worked, BTW), was
simply chosen as the right case at the right time.

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

http://www.africanaonline.com/rosa_parks.htm

Don't get me wrong, she is still worthy of all the praise she received (and
will continue to receive), but the pageantry-version of her story is sorta
BS.

Dan