Posted on 02/25/2024 6:35:05 PM PST by SaxxonWoods
Today is the 61st anniversary of the day Rosa Parks helped kickstart the civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. It arrives as Donald Trump, a man many people have accused of unbridled bigotry, is about to take the White House.
Would you believe they met once?
The full, uncropped photo includes not just Trump and Parks, but also Muhammad Ali, Joe DiMaggio, Victor Borge, and Anita Bryant. (Parks died in 2005, and Ali in June.) All were receiving the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, which is given by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations.
Hillary Clinton received the award in 1999.
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Still on the orange binge, I see.
He finally fired his makeup trainee. Was it you?
Gotta say, he did give ‘em a chance, like he does everyone..
Orange you glad I didn’t try and squeeze in a bad orange pun for Ali or Rosa?
Sorry, you’re barking up the wrong tree.
Ali or Rosa, and DT knew what equality for all meant.
Ali or Rosa are to be admired.
Want to go into.... if you don’t vote for me, you ain’t black enough?
Probably not, since all you got is O.R.A.N.G.E. in your head.
Compare DT’s past and present to Biden’s and learn.
Good Luck!
Rosa Parks lived in Detroit for many years before her death.
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And Detroit was where she was beaten and mugged. In her own backyard.
She was safer in Montgomery.
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