Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks dead at 92

[g0zen]

By refusing the stay over at my job the other day I started the modern labor movement.

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She didnt pionneer shit, I hate people that credit her with starting the civil rights movement.

I think she gave the movement some steam, and as a result of her actions they found a leader when MLK started the bus boycott. But Emmett Till was a bigger story at the time, happened 5 months before Rosa Parks, and now no one even knows who he is. It's a fucking tragedy.

This is her fault how?

Her event wasn't just"some steam". It really propelled the movement forward and opened the eyes to a lot of people. Also she was an inspiration to many. Such a stupid blatantly racist law that few stood up against was now openly challenged by a tired black woman. For some it was a tearjerker.

[dave is ok]

This is her fault how?

Her event wasn't just"some steam". It really propelled the movement forward and opened the eyes to a lot of people. Also she was an inspiration to many. Such a stupid blatantly racist law that few stood up against was now openly challenged by a tired black woman. For some it was a tearjerker.

She just happened to be the straw that broke the camels back. You think she was the first person to not get up for a white person? She was in the colored section of the bus afterall, not like she laid down across two seats in the white section.

I dont have anything against her, I think it was ballsy and if she were unlucky that day she wouldve gotten lynched and forgotten about like the 3,000 others, if she were lucky that day she would have been unfairly credited with starting a movement.

R.I.P. Rosa Parks, R.I.P. the thousands of blacks that were killed in a Holocaust that no one cares to remember or talk about.

[ROBOTRON]

I can't believe this thread. Expected something more somber. Then again most black people don't care.

Opinions don't bother me, the dumb jokes in this thread is what I don't understand.

Her name is in 99% of history books, the actual bus she rode that day is in a museum here in the Detroit area. Doesn't really matter if she started the civil rights movement or not...her selfless act sparked a movement to boycott the bus system. Everyone pays the same fare but cannot sit where they want. The very thought is ridiculous to you and me, but was a reality to blacks in the south at one time.

And your right, more blacks should care, unfortunately...despite history courses in school, few know the signifcance of her actions. Being of black/native american decent and residing in Detroit all my life, I've had the pleasure of attending functions where she was present, she was truly a great person.

[Prince Planet]

I can't believe this thread. Expected something more somber. Then again most black people don't care. I heard someone compare Rosa Parks impotance to Rodney KIng this morning. Rodney fucking King.

In fact, a few years back, they were simultaneously honored on stage here in Los Angeles by (I think) the NAACP for their contributions to civil rights. Make of that what you will.

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R.I.P. Rosa Parks, R.I.P. the thousands of blacks that were killed in a Holocaust that no one cares to remember or talk about.

Yes we should find all the names of the blacks killed unfairly back then and honor them too.

You said it yourself. She broke the camel's back. SHe was the figurehead, Honoring her death in a way is honoring all thier death's

Opinions don't bother me, the dumb jokes in this thread is what I don't understand.

Her name is in 99% of history books, the actual bus she rode that day is in a museum here in the Detroit area. Doesn't really matter if she started the civil rights movement or not...her selfless act sparked a movement to boycott the bus system. Everyone pays the same fare but cannot sit where they want. The very thought is ridiculous to you and me, but was a reality to blacks in the south at one time.

And your right, more blacks should care, unfortunately...despite history courses in school, few know the signifcance of her actions. Being of black/native american decent and residing in Detroit all my life, I've had the pleasure of attending functions where she was present, she was truly a great person.

Your lucky. Here in L.A I'm surronded by black people who think Martin Luther king is P.Diddy's bodyguard.

In fact, a few years back, they were simultaneously honored on stage here in Los Angeles by (I think) the NAACP for their contributions to civil rights. Make of that what you will.

God I hate the NAACP.

[dave is ok]

Same situation for both of them, wrong place and wrong time. Well, except that Rosa Parks was a plant.

[Josh]

Rosa Parks was a plant.

They don't look anything alike.

[Boxthor]

All she fucking did was be a whiny bitch and not give up her seat








I'm all for the civil rights movement and all, but she wasn't doing anything special, just being a sassy black woman unwilling to get off her ass, and I highly doubt it was to spite whitey.

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Back of the Hearse, lady!

I'm probably going to hell but that was distasteful... and hilarious.