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In Memorium
Rosa Parks: 1913 -- 2005
In 1955, Rosa Parks, a seamstress, sat down in the front of a Montgomery City bus, in Alabama, and refused to give up her seat on that bus to a white man and refused to move to the back of the bus as was required of black people by law at that time, Jim Crow laws that enforced segregation.
For her offense, she was arrested and convicted, fined $10.00, and $4.00, in court costs.
Ms. Parks action, her refusal to be a second class citizen, helped spark the Civil Rights Movement and helped bring an end to American apartheid. Her simple, courageous action has come to symbloize a universal message of courage, dignity, and equality.
Rosa Parks funeral was held today in Detroit, her adopted home town.
Montgomery Advertiser, via Associated Press
John Twomey
Posted at November 2, 2005 10:52 AM