Reply #60: Thank you for your HARD WORK [View All]

[recovering democrat]

Great perspective on this lady from this Kos diary, titled Rosa Parks, Misremembered says it better than I can: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/10/25/34313/055

Key message - "The myth of Parks as a pre-political seamstress who was too physically worn out to move has such staying power not because there's any factual basis but because it appeals to an all-too popular narrative about how social change happens in America: When things get bad enough, an individual steps up alone, unsupported and unmediated, and spontaneously resists. And then an equally spontaneous movement follows. Such a myth makes good TV, but it's poor history.

Movement-building takes hard work, no matter how righteous the cause or how desperate the circumstances.

The pivotal moments of the 60's civil rights movement, as Morris recounts in his book, were not random stirrings or automatic responses. Most of them were carefully planned events which followed months of organizing and were conceived with an eye to political tactics and media imagery. There were even some long meetings involved."

This perspective details the reality of Rosa Parks deserving of our respect. Let us honor ALL the hard work that Rosa Parks put into her life and into the civil rights movement... and

keep it in mind as we face today's challenges also!