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Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Dead At 92
ClickOnDetroit ^ | October 24 2005

Posted on 10/24/2005 6:58:25 PM PDT by jmc1969

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To: ARealMothersSonForever

If you were in her shoes, which side would you join up with?


181 posted on 10/25/2005 12:53:19 AM PDT by Hong Kong Expat
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To: publana
    

Next step:


182 posted on 10/25/2005 1:21:00 AM PDT by Heatseeker ("I sort of like liberals now. They’re kind of cute when they’re shivering and afraid." - Ann Coulter)
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To: jmc1969
Rosa Parks' life is a testament for the ability of average individuals to make a difference. She protested both the injustice of racism and the incivility in treating a woman. It was a very personal thing and a courageous thing to do. I think its true that she left the world a better place than the one she was born into. The assertion of a right to simple God-given human dignity is in itself a moving statement of a life well lived. God bless her soul.

("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")

183 posted on 10/25/2005 2:27:14 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: decal
Her example is a lesson to our children. Never be afraid to always do the right thing and to fear God. She was blessed with a long life. Parks paid the price for insisting on being treated like a human being so no one would have to endure what she went through. We all hope our lives make those of the people we love and the human family better because that's who we all are - one family.

("Denny Crane: Gun Control? For Communists. She's a liberal. Can't hunt.")

184 posted on 10/25/2005 2:34:57 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

I saw an interview many years ago when Rosa Parks was middle-aged. She said that protesting for civil rights was the last thing on her mind that day on the bus. She said that she had had a long hard day at work and her feet were killing her. So, when the bus driver told her to get up, she just got stubborn and refused.

A pair of "barking dogs" and the rest is history.


185 posted on 10/25/2005 2:55:20 AM PDT by Conservababe
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To: jmc1969

oh wow . . . *sniffles*

The US is a better place because of her.


186 posted on 10/25/2005 2:56:36 AM PDT by twinzmommy
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To: jmc1969

My daughter is going to be sad when she wakes up. This is the one person she has learned about that for whatever reason has really stuck with her and of all the items on display at the Museum the bus is still her favorite.


187 posted on 10/25/2005 2:59:08 AM PDT by ShadowDancer (Stupid people make my brain sad.)
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To: Welsh Rabbit

She moved here in the late 50's. Detroit was fabulous back then.


188 posted on 10/25/2005 3:01:08 AM PDT by ShadowDancer (Stupid people make my brain sad.)
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To: ShadowDancer

Kwame says Detriot is better then ever under his regime. Only 300 million in debt.


189 posted on 10/25/2005 3:40:37 AM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: jmc1969

Godspeed.


190 posted on 10/25/2005 3:58:09 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: jmc1969

May she rest in peace. And may the Lord comfort her family and friends.


191 posted on 10/25/2005 4:07:35 AM PDT by IndyInVa
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To: jmc1969

I actually had occasion to meet Mrs. Parks a number of years ago, when a company I worked for was trying to make a movie of her life. I even took her to a local hair salon to have her hair done before she spoke at an event, which I attended. :) She was a very quiet, understated person, though she had a fairly tough handler with her, and I suppose she needed someone serving in that role for her. She was just a quiet, self-contained lady, with a dry wit. There was nothing grand or self-aggrandizing about her, nevertheless she changed the world in a very significant way. I feel fortunate to have met her in person.


192 posted on 10/25/2005 4:18:54 AM PDT by veronica (What will "Ronnie" think? The question that obsesses the internut clowns...)
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To: jmc1969

Rosa Parks was an ordinary woman who had the weight of a troubled nation thrust upon her. She bore the burden with dignity and grace. We all owe her a debt of gratitude.


193 posted on 10/25/2005 4:23:35 AM PDT by gridlock (Nature started the fight for survival, and now she wants to quit because she's losing... Monty Burns)
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To: billorites

You're right. Others did. They exploited her for their own agenda. Thats the pity of it all, she never once came out and opposed their destroying her name. Nice what she did. Shame how it turned out.


194 posted on 10/25/2005 4:53:48 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican (did she have to sit in the back of the hearse?)
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To: Southack
but at least now she's finally out of East Detroit.

lol. Amen to that. I've been there.

195 posted on 10/25/2005 4:59:53 AM PDT by Alia
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To: ARealMothersSonForever
"Not to detract from this ONE act that this woman did. Her beliefs were Marxist"

Question for you. What were the beliefs of those who demanded she sit in the back of the bus, and when she refused they arrested her.

196 posted on 10/25/2005 5:01:43 AM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is Never Free)
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To: jmc1969

Godspeed, dear sister Rosa. An American hero indeed. Prayers for the family.


197 posted on 10/25/2005 5:26:58 AM PDT by katieanna
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To: jmc1969; gieriscm

She was a true American who stood up for her rights... Sadly, I've been watching the news and I find it hypocritical that many people praising her and her stand are the same people that push to violate our civil right to self and national defense through the 2nd Amendment.

Rosa Parks should be an inspiration to us all...

Mike


198 posted on 10/25/2005 5:30:08 AM PDT by BCR #226
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To: ARealMothersSonForever
She was not a Communist. She was an avowed Marxist.

I love it when people slice it this thin. Marx wrote a little pamphlet called The Communist Manifesto. So what's the difference? (I'm not a Constitutionalist, I'm a Madisonian.)

199 posted on 10/25/2005 6:12:35 AM PDT by TradicalRC (I trust my Church more than my government; why would I grant more power to the state?)
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To: RightOnline
Gee. Can't wait for the calls for her canonization.

Was she Catholic?

200 posted on 10/25/2005 6:17:21 AM PDT by TradicalRC (I trust my Church more than my government; why would I grant more power to the state?)
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