Archive for December, 2010

Attention to freedom

December 1st, 2010

Rosa Parks made her stand 55 years ago. Today.

Ms Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery, AL, city bus. As a result of Ms Parks demonstration that she was free to hold her seat, she

Was arrested and convicted of disorderly conduct,
Inspired a 381 day boycott of the Montgomery bus system,
Gave rise to Rev. Martin Luther King’s emergence as a civil rights leader,
Sparked [...]

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