Monday, February 9, 2009
Rosa Parks Sat on the Bus to Stand Up for All Americans
(Here is a great book about this famous but humble Civil Rights Leader by Rita Dove)
CNN reports, "It was so unbelievable that this woman -- this one woman -- had the courage to take a seat and refuse to get up and give it up to a white gentleman," said Rep. John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat, who watched the drama unfold as a teenager.
"By sitting down, she was standing up for all Americans."
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