Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Rosa Parks: 1913-2005



posted by John and Mag @ 4:32 AM

6 Comments:

At 2:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well, Rosa has finally taken that long walk Home. And she deserves a beautiful rest for all eternity. Such courage and commitment! We are blessed to have known her story and to know of the millions of lives she influenced. Could I have been so bold? Gives pause for thought.
Love, Mother

 
At 6:07 AM, Blogger John and Mag said...

Beautifully said, mom.

 
At 3:50 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rosa is to be admired --an interesting lady, being a lady ahead of her times. I'm sure there are interviews w/ her and/or books by her. Do you know if she continued to be an activist or did she feel she'd done enough with her initial action?
-Wooed

 
At 3:15 AM, Blogger John and Mag said...

Suz--

She moved to Michigan and worked in the office of congressman John Conyers as an administrative assisstant for 20 years. He was a part of the Civil Rights Movement as well, when she started working for him in 1968.

She had a tough life in Michigan. A few years ago a man broke into her house and beat her before taking $53 for his drug habit. She was also involved in two lawsuits in the 1990s. I'm not sure about both, but one of the suits was over a song that was using her name in its title without permission.

 
At 4:30 AM, Blogger John and Mag said...

I should also add that there are plenty of books about this time. If you are interested, this is a pretty good one, called The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It.
Click here to read more

 
At 10:51 AM, Blogger John and Mag said...

On second thought, that book is actually on the shelf in your upstairs, Suzanne. Feel free to pull it down and read it if you want to. Hank will probably want to read Democracy Matters by Cornel West.

 

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