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October 24, 2005
RIP Rosa Parks
From ClickOnDetroit.com:
Local 4: Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks DeadPOSTED: 9:35 pm EDT October 24, 2005
UPDATED: 9:47 pm EDT October 24, 2005Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has died, Local 4 has learned.
Parks, 92, reportedly died around 7 p.m. Monday, a city source said.
Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 landed her in jail and sparked a bus boycott that is considered the start of the modern civil rights movement.
Parks, was born on Feb. 4, 1913. She now lives in Detroit.
Posted by Lyn Wall at October 24, 2005 08:50 PM | Permalink
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"I am leaving this legacy to all of you ... to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die -- the dreams of freedom and peace." - Rosa Parks, 1988
She said these words many years ago, but today she speaks to us from her final rest.
May we all act in ways worthy of her legacy.
Posted by: PDiddie at October 25, 2005 05:10 AM