October 25, 2005

Rosa Parks

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Rosa Parks, 1913 - 2005

Never have so many owed so much to one woman.

R.I.P., Mrs. Parks.

Posted by Linkmeister at October 25, 2005 12:01 AM | TrackBack
Comments

I read somewhere else that today is also the anniversary of Paul Wellstone's death. October is a bad month.

Posted by: PusBoy at October 25, 2005 04:40 AM

Amen.

Posted by: shelley at October 25, 2005 06:57 AM

What's really scary is that I reference her name now & again, when it's relevant to the conversation, and you wouldn't believe how many people (particularly young people) don't know who the heck she is!!

Posted by: Chloe at October 27, 2005 08:48 PM

Well, Parks never made a fuss about herself, so I suppose it's not entirely unreasonable that she'd be lesser known than some of the other civil rights leaders. Ask 'em if they know who Stokely Carmichael is. :)

Example: until I read the obituary I had no idea she'd spent 20-something years or so working in John Conyer's office.

Posted by: Linkmeister at October 27, 2005 09:48 PM