Where's today's Rosa? Civil rights movement started with Parks, but ended with King.

New York Daily News ^ | Originally published on November 3, 2005 | Stanley Crouch

[silverleaf]

Today's "Rosa Parks" are those Black conservatives who stand for public office and persevere, despite being smeared by racist opponents. Such as Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice and Michael Steele.

[Revolting cat!]

The hoopla around this woman's death certainly provokes some thoughts, most of which cannot be discussed here or anywhere in the midst of the syrupy celebrations of politically corrected history. So I won't.

Be that as it may, it is ironic and unacknowledged that the woman who defied, yes, defied, the establishment of the day is now celebrated by the very establishment! So perhaps a woman who defies the establishment of this day will be celebrated in 50 years as heroine? Who could that be? There are candidates out there, that you and I disapprove of today as we would have most likely disapproved of Rosa Parks had we been part of the white majority in the South of 1955. Something to ponder, while we congratulate ourselves for being so much more enlightened than every generation that preceeded us.

[Phosgood]

This is not the P.C. time to get the "facts straight". R. Parks AND her husband were NAACP reps and the "event" was well rehearsed. It was to be followed up with the Bus strike there which carried MLK to his leadership position, ending in the Memphis strike operations where he was slain and his "head held in Rev Jackson's arms".

I rode segregated buses to high school and three of us were thrown off the bus (rightfully) for sitting in the back of the bus in the colored section and refusing to give up our seats to coloured ladies who were maids going to work in the better neighborhoods.

When I say thrown, I mean thrown and no white person had any pity on us having to walk to school that day.

It was a different time and there was not the nastiness we have today.

[Paradox]

R. Parks AND her husband were NAACP reps and the "event" was well rehearsed.

I heard that on the radio, but I haven't seen it documented. I just want to know the truth about things, sick of the mythology that the Left creates about things. As I said, I am something of a fan of hers otherwise, and I realize that what she did still took courage, and that the right thing was eventually done. I just want to know the TRUTH.

[Physicist]

R. Parks AND her husband were NAACP reps and the "event" was well rehearsed.

Does that make a difference?

[Phosgood]

""R. Parks AND her husband were NAACP reps and the "event" was well rehearsed.
Does that make a difference?""

If it is kept secret, it makes a difference to me. Does it make a difference whether you believe Rev Jackson held the dying MLK's head in his arms?

[Physicist]

Does it make a difference whether you believe Rev Jackson held the dying MLK's head in his arms?

It makes no difference whatsoever in my opinion of Dr. King. He fought for moral right, and was killed for it. (As for Jackson, I have no use for him either way, so no difference there, either.)

Likewise, Rosa Parks really did have her civil rights violated by an immoral law, and really did fight it through to the end to have it changed. And it really was changed, for everybody.

The fact that she knew in advance what she was about to suffer in no way cheapens or falsifies what she did. Jesus knew what he had coming, didn't he?

[Phosgood]

You are following the moral side of this issue and I was addressing the "Truth" as raised by PARADOX.

You have feelings about why MLK was shot and I would like to know the Truth.