Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Civil Disobedience
Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died Monday evening at 92 years of age.
50 years ago in 1955, things were a little different than they are now. It seems to be much further away than 50 years. I am glad of the progress we are making and glad for this womans strength.
Back then, Jim Crow laws in place required separation of the races in buses, restaurants, and public accomodations throughout the South, while legally sanctioned racial discrimination kept blacks out of many jobs and neighborhoods in the North.
Thanks to Rosa and her act of defiance, America is full of Americans, not Coloreds and Whites.
My hat goes off to Rosa and her cause. God Bless America!
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