ROSA PARKS BIRTHDAY

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TODAY MARKS THE ANNIVERSAY OF THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF ROSA PARKS-----SHE LIVED IN MONTGOMERY , ALABAMA.USA----AND BEFORE THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS OF THE 1960'S AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE TREATED AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS AND IN THE SOUTH ESPECIALLY THERE WERE LAWS WHICH FORCED BLACKS TO ENTER MANY PLACES FROM A SEPARATE DOOR THAN THE WHITES---ON CITY BUSSES THE BLACKS SAT IN THE BACK OF THE BUSSES EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ROOM IN THE FRONT-----WELL ONE DAY ROSA PARKS RIDING HOME JUST DECIDED SHE WAS NOT GOING TO MOVE --GOT ARRESTED---DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING TOOK UP HER CAUSE AND THE BLACKS BOYCOTTED THE BUSES FOR ONE YEAR AND SINCE THEY MADE UP ABOUT 70% OF THE FARES THE COMPANY GAVE IN AND ALLOWED BLACKS TO SIT ANYWHERE ON THE BUSES-----AND IT LAUNCHED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND ROSA PARKS BECAME THE PEACEFUL ICON OF THE MOVEMENT-----THE BUS USED ON HER ROUTE IS IN THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM IN DEARBORN,MICHIGAN AND BELOW IS AN ACTUAL TOKEN THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED.......HOPE YOU WILL READ A LITTLE ABOUT THE EVENTS ..
FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY  MONTH IN THE UNITED STATES---THANKS...........

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When I was young there were very few Blacks in our part of the world. But I can remember riding the bus when I was maybe 5 or 6 and there was this real nice older lady siting in the back of the bus. She had that big seat in the back all to her self. And of course I wanted to set with her. There were some men on the bus who told my mother she needed to teach me my place. The older lady told me that maybe I should go sit with my mother. Just a child but I can still remember the hurt on her face, and my mother tried to not let me see but I knew she was trying not to cry. She never spoke of this. It was years before I ever understood. To be honest I don't think I have ever understood why that little boy could not sit with that sweet old lady.

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THE IRONY OF MY STORY ON ROSA PARKS WAS THAT I WAS BORN IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA AND MY FATHERS FAMILY WAS FROM THERE AND HE GOT TRANS FERRED TO ALASKA JUST ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS ROSA DECIDED TO SIT WHERE SHE WANTED--MY FATHER  WAS IN THE SERVICE---AND WHEN HE RETIRED WE WERE IN TEXAS BUT WE MOVED TO DETROIT ,MICHIGAN TO BE NEAR MY MOTHERS FAMILY----BY THIS TIME -1963- ROSA PARKS HAD MOVED TO DETROIT TO LIVE WITH RELATIVES---SMALL WORLD---AND I AM SURE THAT I RODE THE VERY BUS THAT SITS IN THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM --RESTOREDTO HOW IT WAS IN 1955---WHEN I SAW THE BUS A CHILL CAME OVER ME AND IT STILL HAUNTS ME HOW ROSA PARKS AND I SEEMED TO FOLLOW EACH OTHER WITHOUT EVER KNOWING IT--ALSO I WAS BORN ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA WHICH WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES WHEN THE CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT--THE CAPITAL WAS MOVED TO RICHMOND VIRGINIA SHORTLY AFTER THE WAR STARTED---BELIEVE IT OR NOT........