Today is....

[momofsixangels]

Rosa Park's Birthday
Born in 1913.

Rosa Parks, who worked as a field hand, took care of her younger brother, and cleaned classrooms for tuition in her childhood, worked as a seamstress, office clerk, and domestic as an adult. Rosa Parks became involved in civil rights activity as well, serving as secretary of the Montgomery, Alabama, NAACP chapter.

On December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks was riding a bus home from her job, the bus filled up, and she was expected to relinquish her seat for a white man. She refused, was arrested for violating Alabama's segregation laws. The black community mobilized a boycott of the bus system which lasted for 381 days and resulted in the ending of segregation on Montgomery's buses.

The boycott also brought national attention to the civil rights cause and to a young minister, the Rev. Martin Luther King, jr.

Rosa Parks continued her commitment to civil rights until her death, willingly serving as a symbol of the civil rights struggle. Rosa Parks died on October 24, 2005, at her Detroit home of natural causes

[gmadiane]

thats very cool, thanks for sharing

[acrogodess]

Thank you for sharing. In my town some of the public buses set aside red seats in honor of her.

[momofsixangels]

YW!

[momofsixangels]

Quoting acrogodess:

Thank you for sharing. In my town some of the public buses set aside red seats in honor of her.

Thats really cool of them to do!

[dwmom2008]

I love that my son knows about her from school. One of his favorite things to do when younger was ride the bus. We used to do it on Sunday afternoons. The bus had wi fi and we would do it for an hour or two. Crazy, I know, but it kept the toddler happy!

[kerryket]

I like that, how cool!

Quoting momofsixangels:

Quoting acrogodess:

Thank you for sharing. In my town some of the public buses set aside red seats in honor of her.

Thats really cool of them to do!