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Rosa Parks And History
The Post Chronicle ^
| 10\27\05
| Thomas Sowell
Posted on 10/27/2005 6:55:06 AM PDT by RepublicNewbie
The death of Rosa Parks has reminded us of her place in history, as the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, in accordance with the Jim Crow laws of Alabama, became the spark that ignited the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Most people do not know the rest of the story, however. Why was there racially segregated seating on public transportation in the first place? "Racism" some will say -- and there was certainly plenty of racism in the South, going back for centuries. But racially segregated seating on streetcars and buses in the South did not go back for centuries.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: civilrights; rosaparks; thomassowell
I can't think of anyone better to expound upon the virtues of Rosa Parks other than Thomas Sowell.. from todays Post Chronicle
To: RepublicNewbie
I did like Dr Sowell's story on the background of segregated seating.
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posted on
10/27/2005 6:57:22 AM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
To: RepublicNewbie
Another good article from Sowell. He needed a few extra items in it.
1. The Democrats had segregated the system.
2. In order for the Democrats' political machine to work somebody must suffer.
3. Little has changed in the democratic party.
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posted on
10/27/2005 7:02:42 AM PDT
by
American Vet Repairman
(Gun control is a double tap to center mass and a head shot.)
To: RepublicNewbie
And now today, we have visiting professor at Howard University (a black University) calling for the extermination of the white race. I guess we have come full circle...
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posted on
10/27/2005 7:08:54 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: RepublicNewbie
What is the name of the mysterious Mr X, AKA the White man?
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posted on
10/27/2005 7:20:47 AM PDT
by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
My curiosity exactly - who was the fellow? It has to have appeared in the police report of the arresting officer.
To: American Vet Repairman
The dems still are about segregation, now they just sugar coat it as 'caring'.. but everyone is still in their little box and they are damned to stay in that box as long as they lap up the crumbs of the liberal elite.
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posted on
10/27/2005 7:31:29 AM PDT
by
mnehring
(Rove/Libby 2008)
To: Forecaster; Nailbiter; IncPen
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posted on
10/27/2005 7:40:43 AM PDT
by
BartMan1
(...)
To: Wally_Kalbacken
Right on, I would like to know if this man actually existed?
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posted on
10/27/2005 2:59:18 PM PDT
by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: RepublicNewbie
Dr. Sowell writes, as always, So Well.
He is a true American and a true scolar.
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posted on
10/27/2005 5:33:00 PM PDT
by
TopQuark
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