Rosa Parks
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Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has died, Local 4 has learned.
Parks, 92, reportedly died around 7 p.m. Monday at St. John Hospital on Detroit's east side.
Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 landed her in jail and sparked a bus boycott that is considered the start of the modern civil rights movement. The bus is on display at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn.
Parks, was born Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala. She lived in Detroit.
Parks, 92, reportedly died around 7 p.m. Monday at St. John Hospital on Detroit's east side.
Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 landed her in jail and sparked a bus boycott that is considered the start of the modern civil rights movement. The bus is on display at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn.
Parks, was born Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala. She lived in Detroit.
Rosa brought to light a problem we only grumbled about. May she at last find peace and her family only know a lifetime of choice and EQUALITY. Where no man is better qualified based on race.
A brave woman, in difficult times.... a real american hero....WhaWhaWha said:It was later reported that Parks refused to ride in the back of the Hearse.
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The above is actually very funny, you better hope that she found it funny, or else her ghost might just show up at your house tonight!!!
