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Suppose Rosa Parks decided to give up her seat that day? Her refusing to give up her seat and getting arrested is what sparked the civil rights movement. Where would America be today as far as race relations and equal rights? Would legal segregation still be with us today in 2010?
Nothing would be different. Parks was chosen, but someone else would have been had she not been willing.
Suppose Rosa Parks decided to give up her seat that day? Her refusing to give up her seat and getting arrested is what sparked the civil rights movement. Where would America be today as far as race relations and equal rights? Would legal segregation still be with us today in 2010?
the civil rights movement would still have happened whether ms parks did what she did or not. it started much further back than rosa parks. legislation would still have been sent up for signature, lawsuits would still have been filed and ruled upon, etc.
Blacks moved to the democratic party because during the late 60's certain republicans decided to use the "southern stategy" in order to appeal to southern whites who were upset with the passage of civil rights legislation. Blacks have been largelly voting democratic ever since.
Hmmm ... Ever hear of Dixiecrats? BTW, a guy with the initials MLK was a republican (history revisionists want to forget that).
It was a movement whose time had come, in fact its time was 100 years overdue.
Mrs. Park's courageous act undoubtedly accelerated it. But absent that, it would haves still happened.
Suppose Rosa Parks decided to give up her seat that day? Her refusing to give up her seat and getting arrested is what sparked the civil rights movement. Where would America be today as far as race relations and equal rights? Would legal segregation still be with us today in 2010?
Rosa Parks was an NAACP activist who had been prepared for her "spontaneous" protest the previous summer at a workshop in Tennessee.
The popular perception that she did what she did because her feet were tired, that it was a spontaneous act or that she was the first woman arrested for refusing to give up her seat are all urban myths.
Four other women had been arrested on different occasions for failing to give up their seats to white passengers before Parks.
Parks, a member of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP since 1943, was involved with legal defense fund raising for one of the first four protestors.
Parks knew the NAACP was planning a case to challenge Jim Crow laws and was looking for a lead plaintiff.
She would become that lead plaintiff.
There was no "what if" involved in what transpired on that bus.
It all depends on who you know and skin tone of course! A blatant untruth was told, but the truth eventually manifested itself! Claudette Colvin
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Originally Posted by momonkey
Rosa Parks was an NAACP activist who had been prepared for her "spontaneous" protest the previous summer at a workshop in Tennessee.
The popular perception that she did what she did because her feet were tired, that it was a spontaneous act or that she was the first woman arrested for refusing to give up her seat are all urban myths.
Four other women had been arrested on different occasions for failing to give up their seats to white passengers before Parks.
Parks, a member of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP since 1943, was involved with legal defense fund raising for one of the first four protestors.
Parks knew the NAACP was planning a case to challenge Jim Crow laws and was looking for a lead plaintiff.
She would become that lead plaintiff.
There was no "what if" involved in what transpired on that bus.
Agreed.
It just makes sense If gonna go pick a fight to use your best "weapons" here. Ms Parks NOT really being "Black" going by DNA and looks def helped. The 15 year old girl also may've come across as a hood rat with her alleged attitude. It is what it is.
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