Here lies Rosa Parks: 1913 - 2005
 

Rosa Lee Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died Monday. She was 92. Mrs. Parks died at her home during the evening of natural causes, with close friends by her side, said Gregory Reed, an attorney who represented her for the past 15 years. Mrs. Parks was 42 when she committed an act of defiance in 1955 that was to change the course of American history and earn her the title "mother of the civil rights movement."

I am curiously uplifted by the death of Rosa Parks. Her passing was inevitable ... and she lived to a nicely old age, became an inspiration to humanity, and is a beautiful soul.

Lives like that, when they are poured out at last and peacefully, are a meaningful testament to the human condition that is to be praised, not mourned.


God speed, Rosa Parks.

Heh - refusing to give up her seat, as it were.

But yes such inspirational souls are few and far between.

Few people get to leave this planet knowing they made an impact on a scale like she did ..........Rest in Peace Rosa Parks.

Rosa Parks was my age when she decided to take a stand. I don't know if I could be as courageous as she was, but I would hope so. I look at this picture and I see a lady, off to work or shopping, suddenly finding herself in an extroardinary situation. She'd had it, and wasn't going to take it anymore.



She was a great and gracious lady, and she made a positive difference in this world. God bless her.

"People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."

An amazing lady who changed so much in the world she lived in. How fortunate we are that she did.

My hat is off to Mrs. Parks and I wish her Godspeed on her next journey. I can only imagine the welcoming committee will be something to see. Out of this seemingly small act of defiance came great things. I can only feel inspired by her life and her act of courage under circumstances I can only imagine.

The look of serenity and sureness on her face in that police booking photo shows she had had enough and was not to be messed with.

Bless her!

Donna

Donna

I, too, have been thinking about this extraordinary lady today.
Rest in Peace, Ms. Parks!
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Here are some cartoons honoring Ms. Parks. There are several pages of them.
This one is my favorite.