It just bothers me that none of the regular Negroes was "good enough". If no regular person was going to be good enough, why not just send Parks out to do the deed in February rather than turn their backs on one person after another before admitting no one was going to be good enough? The others really did stand (sit) alone, not Parks. Parks knew she had backing.
Marketing, packaging and product is as core and valued an item as anything else. Just ask any homemaker. Right down to the smallest detail. Take Cindy Sheehan. (Puleeze!). Why her? There were others before her. Remember -- whomever is "chosen" or selected or however you wish to put it.. it's NOT just the issue. Not just the "package". It's the timing. And as you say -- yes, Rosa Parks had backing. We could go back and forth, you and I, on the "connections" thing (who has "connections"); but that is only a factor in a larger equasion. You can have the best connections in the world, but should you not be "marketable" as a "product" or spokesman or representative, that bottom line or goal can be very adversely affected. Why would the left-wing black activist groupies elect to be associated, say, with "shabazz"? Certainly, there are more reasonable spokesmen, more presentable than Shabazz. So. Why him? It's the good cop/bad cop "presentation, IMHO.
Question: Were you involved with the original folks who protested?
I get the impression there's something more on your mind.