Someone actually sent me email suggesting the same thing. That the Rosa Parks incidence was a sham and "set-up".
Here's person "A" sitting in the front seat of a bus. Person "B" arrives and demands.. orders Person A to leave that seat -- that Person B wanted it, and asserts it is "rightfully" his. Yes, I'm on purpose leaving out the overused "race" angle and because what went on was BULLYING. Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat. And at great peril and risk.
For cryin out loud, I've witnessed on San Francisco MUNI busses, the same thugs and bullying behavior and regardless of the race of the bullies. Those who stand up against the bullies on these bus lines, get hurt.
If the racialists weren't so hell bent on making "profitlines" out of the racism industry, you'd think they'be be marching in San Francisco and against bullies on the MUNI buses.
So, now tell me about it being a sham?
...Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat. And at great peril and risk... So, now tell me about it being a sham?
Rosa Parks was not the first.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was planned by the NAACP in February 1955. It just required a test case to set it in motion. During 1955 several Negroes were arrested for refusing to give up their seats on Montgomery buses. There was Claudette Colvin in March 1955. But she was 15 and became pregnant and was considered unsuitable for the cause. Another was thought too Black. Parks was what was called "high yellow".
You can read about some of the others and their significance here:
BROWDER v. GAYLE: The Women Before Rosa Parks
What Parks did was right. But she was not distinguished in her actions above several others. She was chosen as a socially acceptable symbol and was a pawn advanced in front of the real players, E.D. Nixon in particular. And she was a convenient symbol, having been a secretary for the NAACP for ten years and not merely the simple seamstress she was presented as. (not mentioned in the above article but readily found elsewhere)
If Parks deserves to be remembered with a day in the Capitol rotunda, then so do all the others. (Colvin is 64 and still alive.)