Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Dead At 92

[sonicx]

Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has died, Local 4 has learned.

Parks, 92, reportedly died around 7 p.m. Monday at St. John Hospital on Detroit's east side.

Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 landed her in jail and sparked a bus boycott that is considered the start of the modern civil rights movement. The bus is on display at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn.

Parks, was born Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala. She lived in Detroit.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/wdiv/20051025/lo_wdiv/3016999

[malaise]

1. So sad

She was a hero for my generation. I loved her. Thank you Rosa Parks.

[SammyBlue]

115. Goodbye Ms. Parks. And thank you for everything.

This slight, small, brave woman earned her place in heaven. Goodbye, and good luck, Ms. Parks.

You will be missed.

O8) This is what you are.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

:patriot: This what you'll always be.

[beam me up scottie]

2. Oh no.

RIP Rosa.

You didn't know about the revolution you were about to start.
You just knew it wasn't right.

[LuckyTheDog]

59. A great American

Who wants to start the fund for a memorial in her honor? If nobody else does, I will. She was a treasure.

RIP, Ms. Parks.

[beam me up scottie]

63. Great idea.

I don't have much, but I'll donate.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

3. Rest in peace, girl!

What you did took the kind of courage many (including myself) do not have.

Have a great afterlife!

[sandnsea]

4. one person

Really can change everything. God speed Rosa.

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. Rosa Parks was part of an activist network

that had been trying to force a confrontation on the Montgomery bus segregation issue for several months prior to the incident.

The "one person" story isn't even the best story, from the point of view of social movements. It's not the power of "one person" that changes anything, but the power of determining novel forms of organized social movements. The one person bit is a bourgeois myth and falsely applied here.

[sandnsea]

32. She didn't get up

She said it wasn't planned, she was just tired and didn't get up. One person, Rosa Parks. It gained the attention necessary to spark the bus boycotts and eventually, change. Obviously she didn't end segregation all by herself. geesh.

[alcibiades_mystery]

36. Of course it was planned

That's laughable. It's well documented that it was planned.

Don't be silly.

My point is: So what if it was planned? It was a good goddamn plan. But this pretense that Ms. Parks was simply tired and didn't want to get up - though a good story for some weird romantic personalities (and rhetorically probably more effective) - is simply false, and any historian of the civil rights movement knows it. But think of the fucking genius of that. As an organized, planned attack on the racist administration of Montgomery. Genius.

On edit: Changed Birmingham to Montgomery...alwaqys get those mixed up for some reason...;-)

[salin]

43. Strength and courage

one thing to be trained and plan - another to be the sole person to act and set so much into action. The story/myth underscores, imo, the incredible strength of her action - she took it knowingly - and at least initially - as an individual acting in faith that others would act as well. She is a hero.

[alcibiades_mystery]

48. On that we can agree

Cheers.

[salin]

54. Indeed. May we draw strength from her example

the time to follow her example may, someday in the near future, require us to do the same. Are we, as individuals, willing to take such a personal risk?

[sandnsea]

62. Here's what she said

"I did not get on that bus to get arrested; I got on that bus to go home."

[salin]

69. These are not inconsistent statements.

She did go through training/organization for resistance. That is, I believe, well documented. I think that makes her action more powerful - she knew what she was doing - yet didn't know if anyone would stand by her, but she acted anyway. She acted - knowingly - which takes even more courage than just stumbling into something and spontaneously acting.

Of course she got on the bus to go home. Perhaps the "I was tired" was also true - setting the timing for when to act. One rides a bus to get home. One doesn't intend to get arrested when taking action - one doesn't know what will happen as a result - but has the resolve to see it through.

[sandnsea]

76. This is ridiculous

I'm not sullying this thread anymore with this argument. She's made her statements on the subject for 50 years.

[salin]

80. and there is a long record

of her involvement with those planning and organizing actions in the earliest era of the modern civil rights movement. I guess it is possible to believe that she was involved in the movement before her action - but that the action was spontaneous and because she was tired and had nothing to do with her prior involvement.

Of course one could also believe that Brown vs Board of Topeka was a single case and not part of a planned legal stragegy (that was pushed before some involved were ready for it to be pushed - but still a part of an effort to look at numerous potential law suits in order to find one to pursue that could go to the Supreme Court.)

[sandnsea]

93. I guess she's just a big old liar

And it's not at all possible that she sat down on that bus, after all those years of fighting, and had just spontaneously had enough. All by her little lonesome. Like she said.

Or does Cindy's involvement with the peace movement mean it wasn't her sponatneous idea to go to Crawford either?

[salin]

129. again, the points are not incompatable

even the NPR story this morning didn't say "I was tired" (as in just couldn't get up) but that she was tired of the system and decided this time she wouldn't move when asked.

No one is claiming a lie - just adding background to the story.

[alcibiades_mystery]

72. Please

She was an NAACP employee for years before and did activist training at the Highlander Folk School (one of the hubs of the early Civil Rights movement and birthplace of "We Shall Overcome").

What she said makes a better story for people, but just please.

[salin]

81. A slight correction

"We shall overcome" was written as "I shall overcome" by the Rev. Dr. Charles Albert Tindley - long before the civil rights movement. He, himself, was an amazing figure.

[alcibiades_mystery]

92. True

And it was used in a modified form in various labor protests.

The version we know now was disseminated primarily out of Highlander, though.

[SammyBlue]

117. Who cares? I don't care if it was or wasn't. Thank G-d for Rosa Parks.

There was a great woman in the slight figure.

[SammyBlue]

116. Simply by saying no, the course of the civil rights movement changed.

How could anyone accept the police in Birmingham bullying this small, peaceful woman?

Thank you for everything. One person can make a different.

Words cannot express that enough. Thank you, Ms. Parks.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. What a sad day for America losing such an honored civil rights figure.

But she did acheive a form of immortality by taking a pricipled stand.

Godspeed, Ms. Parks...the world will miss you.

[pompano]

21. I will never...

...hear the word "courage" and not think of you Rosa Parks.

You were a dear, sweet lady.

Regards to your family at this time of loss. Not just to your biological family but also to your family of people that will never forget what you have done.

This is sad, indeed.

[meganmonkey]

6. Wow - she is a hero!

I hope your brave, brave soul can rest in peace, Rosa!

O8)

[IChing]

60. RIP, I'm glad for your work and honored my family

for the wall of tolerance nomination.

[pinto]

7. RIP, Ms. Parks, An American icon, the power of one...

edited to remove confusing phrase...

[riverwalker]

8. Bless you, fine lady

An inspiration for us all.

[marmar]

9. Gone but never forgotten....

She's an inspiration to anyone who has been told to sit in the back of the proverbial bus.

[Botany]

10. Blessings & prayers on her spirit, family, and friends.

Rosa :patriot:

[stepnw1f]

11. She Means A Lot...

This is why some despise others like her. Kinda like the hatred targeting Cindy Sheehan.

[jonnyblitz]

16. that's exacty what i was thinking. nt

[Bozita]

12. link

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/5165155/detail.html


Local 4: Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Dead

POSTED: 9:35 pm EDT October 24, 2005

Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has died, Local 4 has learned.

Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 landed her in jail and sparked a bus boycott that is considered the start of the modern civil rights movement.

Parks, was born on Feb. 4, 1913. She now lives in Detroit.

[Liberal Veteran]

18. They could use some work on that last sentence in the article.

I adore Rosa Parks, but that last sentence struck me as a cut and paste job from the article writers.

[qanda]

31. Just ignorant and insensitive

Someone should have read that before it was released.

[rateyes]

38. She was a resident of Detroit at the time of her death,

would have been more appropriate.

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. Rest in peace to Ms. Parks (let's not forget that she wasn't acting alone)

The usual narrative, that a tired but otherwise workaday Rosa Parks simply decided one day not to move to the back of a bus, is of course bullshit. Parks was involved in the civil rights struggle and was an ACTIVIST, and the confrontation was planned and executed. They'd been trying to get somebody arrested for months.

To Ms. Parks, the activist!

We shall overcome. One day.

[Name removed]

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[stepnw1f]

133. Thank You! (nt)

[alcibiades_mystery]

141. It's not a conspiracy

It was activism.

What a nutty reply.

[Kadie]

14. RIP n/t

[qanda]

15. We were just talking about her today

A real hero who has entered into eternal rest. RIP Ms. Parks

[arwalden]

17. Aww. That's Very Sad News.

[struggle4progress]

19. "Many members of the University of Denver community ...

.. chose to walk their last mile to work last Thursday to commemorate the anniversary of the arrest of Rosa Parks and the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. <snip>

On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested in Montgomery for not letting a white bus rider take her seat. Parks' act led to a major movement in the civil rights movement in the United States.

On the morning of Dec. 5, 1955, the African-American residents in Montgomery refused to ride the buses and instead chose to walk to work and school. <snip>

http://www.duclarion.com/media/paper481/news/2005/10/25/News/Du.Pays.Tributewalks.A.Mile-1031991.shtml

[blossomstar]

20. My hero, she'll live forever in our hearts and minds....

[Gormy Cuss]

23. RIP

One of my personal heroes.

[ClayZ]

24. Blessed Be, Rosa Parks!

:patriot: :cry: :patriot:

[jarnocan]

25. she was very special

I hope her legacy will be an inspiration (along with many others') will help get people thinking more. thats much more than most people accomplish, and she accomplished so much early on.

[janx]

26. Bless her heart! n/t

[IndyOp]

27. Portraits in Courage:

Rosa Parks Receives Congressional Gold Medal


Rosa Parks Institute

Rosa Parks Institute

[Judi Lynn]

28. Very, very sad. Very awful. I had hoped she would live to be ancient!

The sane part of the U.S. owes her a debt of gratitude for showing us what courage is. It's something we don't see a lot of, unfortunately.

The diseased part of the U.S. will continue as always. Only time can replace the idiots with milder versions of the old ones.

In the meantime, we can remember there was a woman who dared to risk their filthy wrath by making a statement against their evil abuse of the helpless.

[derby378]

29. Oh, no...

What a terrible shame. She will be sorely missed.

Peace, Rosa - and thank you.

[bunny planet]

30. Rest in Peace dear lady.

[saltpoint]

33. I will never forget the name Rosa Parks.

Once in awhile a very unfamous and assuming human being changes the world for the better, makes things better for everyone, raises spirits of those she's never met.

I hope someone in her home town will consider raising funds to erect a large and impressive statue to memorialize an ordinary woman with an extraordinary amount of self-respect and personal integrity.

She helped this country grow up into the light.

[rateyes]

34. Thanks Ms. Parks...

for your courage, your strength and your voice. We need more people today to follow your example...if everyone lived the way you did, the world would definitely be a better place. Rest in Peace.

[Catch22Dem]

35. Folks don't mess around w/ updating wikipedia do they???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks Date of death is already listed. The world needs more Rosa Parks'.

[Bozita]

37. Story from the Detroit Free Press ....

http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm6900_20051024.htm

Rosa Parks, civil rights heroine, is dead


Monday, October 24, 2005

BY CASSANDRA SPRATTLING
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.

It was a simple act that took extraordinary courage in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955. It was a place where black people had no rights 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 Parks.

This mild-mannered black woman refused to give up her seat on a city bus so a white man could sit down.

Jim Crow laws had met their match.

more...

[kostya]

99. I hope people will take the time to read that lengthy article, it's a gem

and you will learn many things about Ms. Parks that you didn't know. - K

May she rest in peace! Thank you Rosa from all of America!!

[salin]

39. Rosa Parks - an American Hero

strength, integrity, and infinite grace. May those closest to her, who are most certainly grieving deeply, be comforted by the millions of people who have been inspired by her actions. RIP.

[callady]

40. Sister Rosa Parks RIP

Sister Rosa Parks
by The Neville Brothers
D. Johnson, C. Moore, C. Neville, C. Neville, Jr., J. Neville
L. Neville Irving Music, Inc. obo Neville Music, Inc.
Johnson Music; Wm. Claffey & Associates
(p) 1989 A&M Records
Courtesy of A&M Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises

December 1, 1955, our freedom movement came alive. And because of Sister Rosa you know, we don’t ride on the back of the bus no more.

Sister Rosa Parks was tired one day
after a hard day on her job.
When all she wanted was a well deserved rest
Not a scene from an angry mob.
A bus driver said, "Lady, you got to get up
cuz a white person wants that seat."
But Miss Rosa said, "No, not no more.
I’m gonna sit here and rest my feet."

Chorus
Thank you Miss Rosa, you are the spark,
You started our freedom movement
Thank you Sister Rosa Parks.
Thank you Miss Rosa you are the spark,
You started our freedom movement
Thank you Sister Rosa Parks.

Now, the police came without fail
And took Sister Rosa off to jail.
And 14 dollars was her fine,
Brother Martin Luther King
knew it was our time.
The people of Montgomery sit down to talk
It was decided all gods’ children should walk
Until segregation was brought to its knees
And we obtain freedom and equality, yeah

Chorus
Thank you Miss Rosa, you are the spark,
You started our freedom movement
Thank you Sister Rosa Parks.
We’ll sing it again
Thank you Miss Rosa, you are the spark,
You started our freedom movement
Thank you Sister Rosa Parks.

So we dedicate this song to thee
for being the symbol of our dignity.
Thank Sister Rosa Parks.


http://www.mflp.com/tliyl.html

[Blue_Roses]

41. so very sad

:cry:

What a wonderful person. So sad.

[cal04]

42. Link Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Dead At 92

Rest in Peace and thank you Rosa Parks

Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has died, Local 4 has learned.

Parks, 92, reportedly died around 7 p.m. Monday at St. John Hospital on Detroit's east side.

Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 landed her in jail and sparked a bus boycott that is considered the start of the modern civil rights movement. The bus is on display at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn.

Parks, was born on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala. She lived in Detroit.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/wdiv/20051025/lo_wdiv/3016999

[Tight_rope]

44. May her soul rest in everlasting peace!

[bigwillq]

45. RIP Rosa.

Thank you for standing up for what you believe in. :cry: :hug:

[WillyT]

46. Rest In Peace Rosa... And Thank You...

:cry:O8):cry:

[kestrel91316]

47. Free at last, free at last; thank God Almighty, she is free at last!

RIP dearest Rosa. We owe you more than you will even know.

[Cults4Bush]

49. Her spirit lives on....

Peace Rosa.

[mom cat]

50. We shall not, we shall not be moved

We shall not, we shall not be moved.
Just like a tree that's planted by the water
We shall not be moved.

Don't give up your seat on the bus to no overseer.

[Rockholm]

51. Peace.

[DrZeeLit]

52. Bowing to the most courageous lady. Sad day.

Rosa Parks will always be one of my heroes.
We need more like her.
Thank you for coming our way, Rosa.
Rest in peace and may perpetual light shine upon you.

[NinetySix]

53. There were few braver than you, Ms. Parks.

The world is all the better for what you did that one day to start the ball rolling.

Rest in peace, dear lady.

[WindRavenX]

55. thank you, Mrs.Parks.

:patriot:

RIP, you've earned it.

[sniffa]

56. i'm shocked

i thought she died months ago.

[fshrink]

57. More guts in this single woman

than in the total sum of our current "leaders" and their mediatic operations. An inspiration for all of us.

[GrantDem]

58. Thank you Ms. Parks

Rest in Peace

[Gregorian]

Rosa, the spirit of your courage will live forever.

You did stand up. To the bully.

[izzybeans]

61. Rest in peace sweet patriot.

You have left your mark in this world for us all.

[Stinky The Clown]

64. God Rest Your Weary Soul, Dear Lady

[gristy]

65. Rest in peace, Rosa

What a wonderful, powerful, beautiful lady. And how wonderful that we have known her and been blessed by her presence for 50 years.

[Lavender Brown]

66. "All I was doing was trying to get home from work."

Rest in peace...

[scarlett1]

67. A Great Woman

She is sitting at the head of the table now.

[donheld]

68. One of the best americans ever

:hug:

[Rose Siding]

70. Godspeed, Mrs Parks

and thank you. We lost Vivian Malone a week ago and now...



How blessed we were

[sympa]

71. RIP

since she was 92 years young, i'm not surprised but still very very sad.
if only a small portion of our population could make one tenth of the positive impact she did, the world would begin to truly heal and not just treat the symptoms of its disease.

RIP

[xultar]

73. .

:cry:

[SunDrop23]

74. God bless you Miss Rosa...and thanks for your contribution.

RIP

[chalky]

75. A TRUE American hero. Rest in peace, Rosa Parks.

n/t

[flamingyouth]

77. Rest in peace, Mrs. Parks

[DesertRat]

78. Rest in peace dear Ms. Parks. n/t

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

79. i always hate the fact...

that people like her die not getting to see the country they loved and worked for so dearly recover from its current downturn. it's sad that the last they see of america is such a sad and nearly hopeless time.

[fortyfeetunder]

82. She may be gone, but we can still carry her torch

Mrs. Parks would have liked that. I think she would expect us to.

:cry:

[0007]

83. This lady marches proudly with Emma Goldman

[barb162]

84. RIP, Rosa; you are a very nice lady

[tabasco]

85. I aspire to have the courage of Rosa Parks.

Thank you for your leadership and courage, Ms. Parks.

You did as much as any one person could to make this a greater Nation.

[shadowknows69]

86. Your immortality is assured

with anyone who cares about equality for all man and woman kind.

Thank you Rosa Parks.

[SharonRB]

87. Just heard this when I turned on Channel 7 news

They had Conyers on the phone.

It's so sad -- I have tears in my eyes.

On edit: And I love you, DU. I was ready to get into bed, heard this news and got right back on the computer for more details. I knew I could count on there being a thread already and I wanted to check in.

Good night, my fellow DUers. And may Rosa rest in peace. She helped pave the way for so many.

[Pastiche423]

88. Safe journey, Rosa

Thank you for your courage.

[JI7]

89. even though she lived a long life

it's still very sad to hear about this.

[aresef]

90. God bless her

She will be remembered as a champion of freedom for committing one simple act that inspired millions.

[NorthernSpy]

91. too bad her last two months consisted of hearing her people slandered...

... and seeing them left to drown and rot. Or to survive, only to be scattered to God knows where while the vultures -- both avian and non -- prepared for the great feast.

Rest in Peace, Mrs. Parks.

[Vektor]

94. Rest in peace, Patriot.

Such a brave, courageous lady. Truly a hero and an inspiration.

[sakabatou]

95. ...

:cry:

[vikegirl]

96. Oh God!

I was in class and just found out (from Tucker Carlson, no less...???)

:cry:

[calimary]

97. She is, and was, a tower. She stands head and shoulders above

most of the would-be reformers of our day. One little gesture changed the nation. One little trim-tab. Peace, dear lady.

[Wordie]

98. Such quiet dignity...a true American heroine.

[bobbieinok]

100. rest in peace and many thanks for your inspiring life

just saw this and the dates: born Feb 4 1913, died Oct 24 2005

and realized....my mom: born Feb 14 1913, died March 31 2005

[Bonescrat]

101. The people we don't realize are still alive...

I remember learning about her in various history classes from elementary school through college.

Some iconic people seem so idyllic that it never occured to me that she was still alive.

I'd like to say I haven't cried in awhile but that would not be true, however, I cry for the loss of Miss Rosa Parks.

[Endangered Specie]

102. It's people like her who make me hope there is a heaven

[bluestateguy]

103. Great Patriot

People like Parks are the real patriots of this country. People who have the courage to speak out and try to make this a better, more just nation. Not the people who just wave flags, sing songs and do what they are told to do.

[slutticus]

104. R.I.P.R.P.

:patriot:

[olddad56]

105. God Bless Rosa Parks...

May her beautiful soul be one with God once again. And may the influence she had on our lifes live on forever.

[OneBlueSky]

106. now THERE was a woman! . . . RIP, Ms. Parks . . . n/t

.

[OneBlueSky]

107. Sister Rosa Parks . . . by the Neville Brothers

Sister Rosa Parks

December 1, 1955, our freedom movement came alive. And because of Sister Rosa you know, we don’t ride on the back of the bus no more.

Sister Rosa Parks was tired one day
after a hard day on her job.
When all she wanted was a well deserved rest
Not a scene from an angry mob.
A bus driver said, "Lady, you got to get up
cuz a white person wants that seat."
But Miss Rosa said, "No, not no more.
I’m gonna sit here and rest my feet."

Chorus
Thank you Miss Rosa, you are the spark,
You started our freedom movement
Thank you Sister Rosa Parks.
Thank you Miss Rosa you are the spark,
You started our freedom movement
Thank you Sister Rosa Parks.

Now, the police came without fail
And took Sister Rosa off to jail.
And 14 dollars was her fine,
Brother Martin Luther King
knew it was our time.
The people of Montgomery sit down to talk
It was decided all gods’ children should walk
Until segregation was brought to its knees
And we obtain freedom and equality, yeah

Chorus
Thank you Miss Rosa, you are the spark,
You started our freedom movement
Thank you Sister Rosa Parks.
We’ll sing it again
Thank you Miss Rosa, you are the spark,
You started our freedom movement
Thank you Sister Rosa Parks.

So we dedicate this song to thee
for being the symbol of our dignity.
Thank Sister Rosa Parks.
Chorus 2x

by The Neville Brothers
D. Johnson, C. Moore, C. Neville, C. Neville, Jr., J. Neville
L. Neville Irving Music, Inc. obo Neville Music, Inc.
Johnson Music; Wm. Claffey & Associates
(p) 1989 A&M Records

[Spiffarino]

108. Godspeed, Rosa Parks

You always stood your ground. You were a pioneer and one of history's greatest agents of change. We will miss your brave spirit. Wherever you are right now, you are making it a better place.

[socalover]

109. Rosa Parks' courage lives through Cindy Sheehan, especially if Cindy

ties herself to the White House fence....

[Lithos]

110. Thank you Mrs. Parks

Thank you for saying enough is enough, dignity and equality are god given rights for all.

Rest in Peace.

[FastHorizon]

111. The "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"

What a brave woman.

She also worked for John Conyers in the 1970's and 80's.

Douglas Brinkley wrote a good pretty good Rosa Parks bio.

[SammyBlue]

113. Rosa Parks dead at age 92.

Rosa Parks joins the ages.

Rosa Parks died today at the age of 92.

I feel a deep loss after reading and studying her and the civil rights movement.

[JDPriestly]

114. True courage, that's what she was.

[beltanefauve]

118. May the memory of Rosa Parks

remind us all that acts of non-violent civil disobedience run throughout our country's history (The Boston Tea Party comes to mind, as well as the Civil Rights Movement) and that through her actions and the bravery of many fine people, freedoms were fought for and won. May we all carry the torch in her honor and fight the good fight!
Change comes from the bottom up, not the top down.
RIP Rosa Parks.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

119. RIP, Rosa Parks.

[njdemocrat106]

120. Farewell, and thank you

I believe I first learned about Rosa Parks in the 2nd grade (which would have been 1988-1989 for me). I remember being surprised that she was still with us then, because 1955 seemed so long ago and so "old". Rosa Parks is the kind of woman that makes me proud to be American, and even though I never met her, I feel blessed to have lived during her lifetime, and to be able to call her a fellow American. Godspeed, Ms. Parks, and I hope to meet you in the next world.

:patriot:

[Raine]

121. A Very Great Lady

R-I-P Rosa. O8)

[mazzarro]

122. R.I.P - Mrs Parks

I am so proud of you and your gift to the world. We will dearly miss you, and many sincere thanks for a life well lived and memories that will endure forever.

[Hekate]

123. Another hero gone from our midst. Thank you, dear lady, go with blessings

Rosa Parks' well-lived life inspires all of us, humbles all of us. America -- we were blessed to have her for so long.

Hekate

[Stockholm]

124. Her courage and contribution to civil rights are globally admired

Rest in peace Mrs. Parks, I am lighting a candle for you tonight.

[peacefreak]

125. Rosa, you've earned your final rest with the angels.

May your example & legacy live on.

[nonconformist]

126. RIP, Rosa. nt

[BronxBoy]

127. RIP n/t

[ErisFiveFingers]

128. Ride the next bus...

Sitting anywhere you damn well please.

Thank you for the spark, Rosa.

[myrna minx]

130. Thank you for all that you did to inspire the US

civil rights movement. You are an American hero, Ms. Parks. :hug:

[bemildred]

131. Go with God, Rosa.

You were worth 100 politicians.

[Yavin4]

132. On Behalf of All African Americans, I Just Want To Say

Thank you, Ms. Parks. I would not be allowed to be where I am today if it weren't for your courage, a courage that is sorely missed and needed today and every day.

In order for democracy to work here and every where in the world, it takes citizens like Ms. Parks to display the resolve and stand up to injustice.

Rest in Peace, Ms. Parks. Rest in peace.

[YOY]

134. In heaven, they were saving a seat just for her

n/t

[Peace Patriot]

135. And when YOU think YOU have it hard, with all the powers of a fascist...

...junta arrayed against you, and they're killing your sons and daughters, and they're denying you your right to vote, and they've got all the money and all the power and a vicious, corrupt and impenetrable establishment that does not consider you a human being, and they are making you poor and keeping you poor, and all hope seems to have flown away, think of Rosa Parks refusing to sit at the back of the bus, and think of the two hundred years of struggle and courage that led to that moment, and be heartened, my friends, because the dream of peace and the dream of justice do not die. They are the very soul of human life, reborn in each of us every day.

[grace0418]

136. Imagine if her protest happened today. She'd be smeared by Rove and

packed off to Gitmo for being an enemy combatant. I'm sorry she had to see the turn this country took for the worse before she died.

RIP Rosa, put in a good word for us with the big man upstairs. Ask him to give us a hand.

[OnionPatch]

137. Thanks, Rosa

Rest in Peace.

[TheDonkey]

138. She was an incredible woman. (nt)

[superconnected]

139. God bless you Rosa,

Thank you for standing your ground(sitting it) and your on-going contributions to the civil rights movment.

You won't be forgotten.

[BlueStater]

140. I'm glad she lived such a long life

Thank you, Ms. Parks.

[AspenRose]

142. My father thanks you. My grandmother thanks you. I thank you.

Rest in peace.

[annarbor]

143. I thank you Rosa Parks....

For I doubt that I would be the woman I am, had you not been the woman you were.....

God speed you saintly woman. You were my only hero...

Ann Arbor
(Fellow Detroiter)

[bumblebee1]

144. Rest in prace, brave lady. eom