Comments on: Rosa Parks Passed Away Today

By: iSitWhereIWantTo | Cosmic Variance

iSitWhereIWantTo | Cosmic Variance — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:26:27 +0000

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By: Clifford

Clifford — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:00:45 +0000

subodh: I agree, this is why I put “helped accelerate the modern civil rights movement” instead of “created (or started) the modern civil rights movement”, which is what is commonly said, if you glance around the press and the web. There were others who did precisely that wonderful thing that she did, but the cases that ensued did not have the scope that hers did for various reasons which had nothing to do with the act itself….I don’t think she would want to take away from the effort of all those who went before her in the struggle. But nevertheless, her case was -we all agree- a landmark of considerable note, and of course she fought for civil rights for several decades after that act too.

Cheers,

-cvj

By: subodh

subodh — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:35:13 +0000

May she rest in peace… As one of the more recognizable ciivil disobeyers of the civil rights movement, she proved to be a great galvanizer and focal point. She will be remembered for a long time to come. However, lets not also forget the countless (and anonymous) people that probably did the same thing before her, but were just not in the right place and the right time to have been that proverbial straw that broke the camels back.

By: Quibbler

Quibbler — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:32:41 +0000

well said, Clifford.

–Q

By: e pur si muove » Blog Archive » R.I.P. Rosa Parks

e pur si muove » Blog Archive » R.I.P. Rosa Parks — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:19:18 +0000

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