Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history.
quote by John Shimkus
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The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst.
If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus.
quote by Kinky Friedman
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Rosa Parks will be remembered for her lasting contributions to society. Her legacy lives on in the continued struggle for civil rights around the world. She will be missed.
My Womb Silence NO More
Kush females in this new world …
Are really no different then it's (women) …
Women of both worlds have very little room for…
Freedom of speech…
The way society teach…
But one day…
A woman…stood tall…
Had man gall…that's the (Audacity to) …
And spoke…Khadija bint khuwaylid…(a woman of honor and power) 625 C.E.
Slowly but surely…
Sojourner Truth…
'Ain't I a Woman' 1851...I am sure…
There were more… before her…
Who gave new birth to a speechless womb…
Rosa L.M. Parks…1955...Eva Peron 1930's…
Shirley Chisholm(Equal Rights For Women) 1969...
Sun Kyi Aung San …in China 1995.…
But most of all… queens today…
Still think... they are not ready…
Time… tells the truth…and woman…
You still have the juice…
Over the years… men have made it hard…
For you to speak out…
'Shut up (woman) don't pout'…
Some spoke up and got knocked out…
Not a good plight… to be in…
Move that mountain… before you…
You can sleep… alone…
And cook for self and answer your…
Own phone…
You are greater than …his self…
His fears…there is nothing left…
You (woman are 'the jaw bone of a jackass')
You can inflict much damage if you wish…
But you are wiser and brighter than that…
You are the arouser…the browser…
You woman hold the (ACE) card everyday…
Those are games you do not have to play…
You can say (STAY) or(GO) … don't you know…
Your womb lives…to live, not die…so do not cry…
Fly…use your wings…remove the chains, You imagine which are holding you…
Today is a new day and it stops not…
For today is always…This Morning…
poem by whisperkwane Lamb
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A Brown Lady Asserting Her Right To Take A Seat
and so this brown lady
inside a cafe
asserted her right
to sit where she wants
to
invoking her
constitutional right
a la rosa
sub rosa
parks
a white woman
enters
and tells her
to move a little
bit farther
and the brown woman
says
you don't tell me to move
because you don't own this place
i have the right to be here
i am no less than the trees and the stars
the white woman is 65
the brown woman is 35
and i see,
as you feel the sting,
there is a bite somewhere inside your heart
and now you tell me the story
of this guilt.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.
quote by Major Owens
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Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft spoken woman who was uncomfortable being revered as a symbol of the civil rights movement. She only hoped to inspire young people to achieve great things.
I do not believe that defending traditional marriage between one man and one woman excludes anybody or usurps anybody's civil rights and denies anybody their civil rights.
quote by Alan Autry
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In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.
quote by Jesse Jackson
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Up until, really, Roosevelt, African-Americans largely voted ninety per cent Republican. That was the political origins, that's what their political voice was in the Republican party. During that history, that last sixty or seventy years of history, the Republican party effectively walked away from the community. They were afraid to really embrace civil rights even though they embraced civil rights legislation. And so it's not enough to just to put it on paper, you gotta actually show up and be in the community, and understand what that struggle was really about.
quote by Michael Steele
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Oh My Golly!
Dentro las piones y las olas riquenas
Oh my golly! oh my golly!
Caminamos bajo la luna caribe
Oh my golly! oh my golly!
Besando, chichando con surfer rosa
Oh my golly! oh my golly!
Huesped de su manera
Oh my golly! oh my golly!
Rosa, oh oh ooh rosa!
Rosa, oh oh ooh rosa!
Yo soy playero pero no hay playa
Oh my golly! oh my golly!
Bien perdido por la surfer rosa
Oh my golly! oh my golly!
La vida total es un porqueria, porqueria
Oh my golly! oh my golly!
Hecho de menos mas que vida
Oh my golly! oh my golly!
Rosa, oh oh ooh rosa! huh huh
Rosa, oh oh ooh rosa! huh huh
Translation
Between pine seeds and puertorican waves
Walkin under the carribean moon
Kissing and chewing with surfer rosa
Guest of her ways
Rosa, oh oh ooh rosa
Im a beachgoer but there is no beach
Totally crazy for my surfer rosa
All of life is a pigstay, pigstay
I long (for her) more than my for life
song performed by by Pixies
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
quote by Ralph Neas
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At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.
quote by Rosa Parks
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The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth
The bible says the meek shall inherit the earth
And I believe this to be true.
Just look at all- that these woman can do.
They was always the backbone of man
And they knew that thru their strength
That man would understand.
Behind every famous man, a woman was
Always there- and with them
their fame they would share.
Then slowly through out the centuries
They started to claim their rights
And for their freedom - they would
Gladly stand and fight.
So many famous women that are in
The annexes of history and that is
the way -'that it was meant to be.'
Now we're in the 21st century
And they have gotten so much to date
They are in every job field
Although a little late.
They saw their dreams and set their goals
And it mattered not if they was young or old
Dreams can be achieved by anyone you see
But it took the women, to see the reality.
They are the meek that I speak of
Who became the shadow of man
But when the sun is behind us
Then you'll understand.
The shadow is now in front of us
Leading the way, because this is
A new era, and the start of a brand new day.
poem by Louis Rams
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I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
quote by Rosa Parks
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Human Judges On The Suffering Of Others
we read the same books
of the law both civil and
criminal: you end on an
acquittal and i end on a
conviction of a conviction.
we are but human judges
on the suffering of others.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Dr. King did not stir us to move for our civil rights to have them taken away in these kinds of fashions.
quote by Dorothy Height
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As a civil rights leader, Mrs. King's vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change was a fortifying staple in advancing the civil rights movement.
quote by James T. Walsh
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The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history.
quote by Viktor Yushchenko
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Why do you all push us around?
quote by Rosa Parks
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