"On December 1, 1955, I had finished my day's work...

[txaslftist]

...as a tailor's assistant in the Montgomery Fair department store and I was on my way home. There was one vacant seat on the Cleveland Avenue bus, which I took, alongside a man and two women across the aisle. There were still a few vacant seats in the white section in the front, of course. We went to the next stop without being disturbed. On the third, the front seats were occupied and this one man, a white man, was standing. The driver asked us to stand up and let him have those seats, and when none of us moved at his first words, he said, "You all make it light on yourselves and let me have those seats." And the man who was sitting next to the window stood up, and I made room for him to pass by me. The two women across the aisle stood up and moved out.

When the driver saw me still sitting, he asked if I was going to stand up and I said, "No, I'm not."

And he said, "Well, if you don't stand up, I'm going to call the police and have you arrested."

I said, "You may do that."

He did get off the bus, and I still stayed where I was. Two policemen came on the bus. One of the policemen asked me if the bus driver had asked me to stand and I said yes.

He said, "Why don't you stand up?"

And I asked him, "Why do you push us around?"

He said, "I don't know, but the law is the law and you're under arrest."


Rest In Peace, Rosa Parks. God Bless You.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Amen

[ewagner]

2. From such a small

"acorn" of a moment, a mighty movement grew.

sigh


RIP Rosa Parks.

[bertha katzenengel]

3. amen

[Stephanie]

4. thank you

[welshTerrier2]

5. great post ... you made history come alive ...

thanks ...

it's amazing how the smallest actions are the largest actions ...

[cantstandbush]

6. And who now has one iota of the courage this woman had? Who

will stand and say "I was wrong when i didn't stand...up against the invasion of Iraq."

[txaslftist]

8. Kerry said it, apparently, in his speech released today.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. Wow. It's going to be 50 years 35 days from now. (nt)

[roguevalley]

9. very sad. that man's name should be known to history. RIP, Lady.

You did a wonderful thing for your country and we love you.

[Fla Dem]

10. A Proud and Brave woman. n/t