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Post by Tara on Oct 30, 2005 20:05:28 GMT -5
ROSA LOUISE PARKS | 1913-2005: Good-bye, Mrs. ParksBY CASSANDRA SPRATLING FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
When Rosa Parks refused to get up, an entire race of people began to stand up for their rights as human beings.
Her refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man was a simple act that took extraordinary courage in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955. It was a place where black people had no rights that white people had to respect. It was a time when racial discrimination was so common, many blacks never questioned it.
At least not out loud.
But then came Rosa Louise Parks.
Jim Crow had met his match.
Parks, the mother of the civil rights movement, died about 7:20 p.m. Monday at her home in the Riverfront Apartments in Detroit. ( continue) I really need to keep up with the news while in school... *shakes head*
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Post by ophelia97 on Oct 31, 2005 10:07:10 GMT -5
It's amazing how far society has come in half a century and she lived just long enough to see the progress.
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Post by Tara on Oct 31, 2005 16:01:53 GMT -5
Some progress of course.
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Post by cenk on Nov 1, 2005 14:33:11 GMT -5
I read about her when I was interested in civil/human rights in America a few years back (Sad I know, but I love reading about the history, culture and politics of as many different countries as possible). Its so sad that a woman would have to give up her seat for a man. I would understand if he was an old man but not a young man. Some progress has been made but it is no way complete. Don't you remember the race riots in Los Angeles back in the 1990's. How the hell the policemen got away with beating up that black guy is beyond me especially when the whole incident was recorded on camera.
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Post by Tara on Nov 1, 2005 15:36:25 GMT -5
I read about her when I was interested in civil/human rights in America a few years back (Sad I know, but I love reading about the history, culture and politics of as many different countries as possible). There is nothing sad about being educated. Yes, I remember the Rodney King incidents. And "Why can't we all get along?"
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Post by ophelia97 on Nov 2, 2005 12:31:47 GMT -5
I doubt it will ever be complete. There will always be at least someone who can't get past race differences.It can't even be limited to the "white/black" rift if you consider the people who think all races other than their own are inferior.
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Post by Tara on Nov 2, 2005 15:44:20 GMT -5
Do you think things will change? If so, for worst or for better?
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Post by ophelia97 on Nov 10, 2005 20:59:55 GMT -5
I think we're gradually working towards better change, but it's impossible to get to a perfect point. Even if there's just one racist out there, it won't be fully achieved, and there will always be a handful of them.
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