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RIP to her, but I want to add something here.
Check s2k posts. Anything on Rosa Parks except this? NO, and it's what makes me the most mad. No one ever shows appreciation until that person is gone...No posts that said, Remember Rosa Parks did this, did that, yadi yadi...Same thing when Ronald Reagan died...Everyone never talked about it, till it happened, and then he was the STAR OF THE USA...I've seen a few of you saying he was the best thing that happened to the USA, and then now Rosa Parks, "Best thing that happened"..What are you gonna say the best thing that happened to the USA when anyone famous dies? How about Michael Jackson? Best thing that happened to pop for sure, but down the line, everyone has their views on MJ, but if he dies, 99% of the USA will be sad that he did...I don't know what is it with human brains, but the need to not cherish something while you still got it is not in the brain. My 2 cents
Check s2k posts. Anything on Rosa Parks except this? NO, and it's what makes me the most mad. No one ever shows appreciation until that person is gone...No posts that said, Remember Rosa Parks did this, did that, yadi yadi...Same thing when Ronald Reagan died...Everyone never talked about it, till it happened, and then he was the STAR OF THE USA...I've seen a few of you saying he was the best thing that happened to the USA, and then now Rosa Parks, "Best thing that happened"..What are you gonna say the best thing that happened to the USA when anyone famous dies? How about Michael Jackson? Best thing that happened to pop for sure, but down the line, everyone has their views on MJ, but if he dies, 99% of the USA will be sad that he did...I don't know what is it with human brains, but the need to not cherish something while you still got it is not in the brain. My 2 cents
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At school, Parks is more than a memory
Lancaster: Years after defeat of segregation, district honored hero with school name
By GRETEL C. KOVACH / The Dallas Morning News
LANCASTER, Texas – Roosevelt Nichols' struggle four years ago was modest compared with what Rosa Parks endured.
But his campaign to name a Lancaster school for the prominent civil rights activist was a significant step for this southern Dallas County suburb.
"She sat down so a lot of people could stand up," Mr. Nichols said Tuesday.
Mrs. Parks, 92, died of natural causes Monday at her Detroit home.
But Mr. Nichols' grandchildren and coming generations of students at Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School will continue to learn from her legacy.
Dominique McGregor, a first-grader at Rosa Parks/Millbrook, conjured up a vivid picture Tuesday of what it must have been like for Mrs. Parks' husband after she refused to relinquish her bus seat to a white man.
She was released from jail a few hours after her arrest in Montgomery, Ala., on Dec. 1, 1955.
But it probably seemed like an eternity, 6-year-old Dominique imagined.
"He [Raymond Parks] must have been worried all night. He couldn't sleep, couldn't eat. He was crying, he missed her so much," he said. "But he stood up for her, to protect her. And white people and black people became friends."
Emari Ferguson, 8, wrote with her classmates to Rosa Parks last year and received a "sweet letter" in response.
"She fought for us," she said. "Now we can go to school together, ride the bus together. But I think it was hard for her."
LaKyia White, 9, said she has studied Mrs. Parks' brave stand at home and at school.
"She didn't want to go to jail. But she went through with it because she wanted to change the law," she said.
Mrs. Parks' defiance ignited the civil rights movement that is still being felt in Lancaster today.
Alice Powell, who teaches pre-kindergarten students at Rosa Parks/Millbrook, was one of the first blacks in 1965 to attend Lancaster High School.
She grew up across the tracks in the all-black neighborhood of Rocky Crest. The community was close-knit, but the elementary school was under-funded, and high school students had to be bused to black schools in other towns.
"It was overwhelming at first," she said of that first year of integration. "But it was a good feeling that we were able to join the white children, that we were treated equally."
She never could have done what Rosa Parks did, Ms. Powell said. "She had courage. When we were growing up, if they said we couldn't do it, we didn't," she said.
Ms. Powell still savors the first time she walked through the front door of the local diner to get a hamburger, instead of through the back door reserved for blacks – "Wow!"
Few blacks lived in Lancaster in the mid-'60s. Three decades later, when Mr. Nichols started pushing for a Rosa Parks school, Lancaster had changed.
The classrooms were predominantly black, but most of the teachers and administrators were white, said Mr. Nichols, 51.
"There was nothing in the city of Lancaster named to honor any African-American person, not a street, not anything," he said. "Young people, they needed pride and dignity, something to stand up and fight for."
Mr. Nichols, who owns a security company, said he received Mrs. Parks' blessing for the project when they met briefly at a Detroit civil rights museum. But some Lancaster residents opposed the name change.
Teri Wilson, Millbrook's principal at the time, said she supported Mr. Nichols' effort to honor Mrs. Parks. "Her contributions are massive. It was the beginning of great change in our society," she said.
Some prominent white politicians and businessmen got behind the idea for a Rosa Parks school. Those who opposed the idea tended to be white, Mr. Nichols said.
In a compromise, the school retained part of its old name and became Rosa Parks/Millbrook.
But school board members said they couldn't afford to update the building sign, so Mr. Nichols raised the $3,500 to pay for new lettering. He also asked the city to change its sign near the school's playground, but his request was denied, Mr. Nichols said.
"We weren't opposed to what he was doing," said current school board president Nannette Vick. "At the time, we were having some financial difficulties.
"It's been a good thing," she said of the name change.
As for Mr. Nichols, the seamstress with the weary feet taught him something long ago:
"If you want to be something, you make a stand."
Lancaster: Years after defeat of segregation, district honored hero with school name
By GRETEL C. KOVACH / The Dallas Morning News
LANCASTER, Texas – Roosevelt Nichols' struggle four years ago was modest compared with what Rosa Parks endured.
But his campaign to name a Lancaster school for the prominent civil rights activist was a significant step for this southern Dallas County suburb.
"She sat down so a lot of people could stand up," Mr. Nichols said Tuesday.
Mrs. Parks, 92, died of natural causes Monday at her Detroit home.
But Mr. Nichols' grandchildren and coming generations of students at Rosa Parks/Millbrook Elementary School will continue to learn from her legacy.
Dominique McGregor, a first-grader at Rosa Parks/Millbrook, conjured up a vivid picture Tuesday of what it must have been like for Mrs. Parks' husband after she refused to relinquish her bus seat to a white man.
She was released from jail a few hours after her arrest in Montgomery, Ala., on Dec. 1, 1955.
But it probably seemed like an eternity, 6-year-old Dominique imagined.
"He [Raymond Parks] must have been worried all night. He couldn't sleep, couldn't eat. He was crying, he missed her so much," he said. "But he stood up for her, to protect her. And white people and black people became friends."
Emari Ferguson, 8, wrote with her classmates to Rosa Parks last year and received a "sweet letter" in response.
"She fought for us," she said. "Now we can go to school together, ride the bus together. But I think it was hard for her."
LaKyia White, 9, said she has studied Mrs. Parks' brave stand at home and at school.
"She didn't want to go to jail. But she went through with it because she wanted to change the law," she said.
Mrs. Parks' defiance ignited the civil rights movement that is still being felt in Lancaster today.
Alice Powell, who teaches pre-kindergarten students at Rosa Parks/Millbrook, was one of the first blacks in 1965 to attend Lancaster High School.
She grew up across the tracks in the all-black neighborhood of Rocky Crest. The community was close-knit, but the elementary school was under-funded, and high school students had to be bused to black schools in other towns.
"It was overwhelming at first," she said of that first year of integration. "But it was a good feeling that we were able to join the white children, that we were treated equally."
She never could have done what Rosa Parks did, Ms. Powell said. "She had courage. When we were growing up, if they said we couldn't do it, we didn't," she said.
Ms. Powell still savors the first time she walked through the front door of the local diner to get a hamburger, instead of through the back door reserved for blacks – "Wow!"
Few blacks lived in Lancaster in the mid-'60s. Three decades later, when Mr. Nichols started pushing for a Rosa Parks school, Lancaster had changed.
The classrooms were predominantly black, but most of the teachers and administrators were white, said Mr. Nichols, 51.
"There was nothing in the city of Lancaster named to honor any African-American person, not a street, not anything," he said. "Young people, they needed pride and dignity, something to stand up and fight for."
Mr. Nichols, who owns a security company, said he received Mrs. Parks' blessing for the project when they met briefly at a Detroit civil rights museum. But some Lancaster residents opposed the name change.
Teri Wilson, Millbrook's principal at the time, said she supported Mr. Nichols' effort to honor Mrs. Parks. "Her contributions are massive. It was the beginning of great change in our society," she said.
Some prominent white politicians and businessmen got behind the idea for a Rosa Parks school. Those who opposed the idea tended to be white, Mr. Nichols said.
In a compromise, the school retained part of its old name and became Rosa Parks/Millbrook.
But school board members said they couldn't afford to update the building sign, so Mr. Nichols raised the $3,500 to pay for new lettering. He also asked the city to change its sign near the school's playground, but his request was denied, Mr. Nichols said.
"We weren't opposed to what he was doing," said current school board president Nannette Vick. "At the time, we were having some financial difficulties.
"It's been a good thing," she said of the name change.
As for Mr. Nichols, the seamstress with the weary feet taught him something long ago:
"If you want to be something, you make a stand."
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Geomagnetic Man wrote:RIP to her, but I want to add something here.
Check s2k posts. Anything on Rosa Parks except this? NO, and it's what makes me the most mad. No one ever shows appreciation until that person is gone...No posts that said, Remember Rosa Parks did this, did that, yadi yadi...Same thing when Ronald Reagan died...Everyone never talked about it, till it happened, and then he was the STAR OF THE USA...I've seen a few of you saying he was the best thing that happened to the USA, and then now Rosa Parks, "Best thing that happened"..What are you gonna say the best thing that happened to the USA when anyone famous dies? How about Michael Jackson? Best thing that happened to pop for sure, but down the line, everyone has their views on MJ, but if he dies, 99% of the USA will be sad that he did...I don't know what is it with human brains, but the need to not cherish something while you still got it is not in the brain. My 2 cents
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I'm an avid history enthusiast and am currently reading a bio on another great and courageous heroine Harriet Tubman...Ms. Tubman passed away in 1913...guess that makes me a *whatever* since this courageous heroine of the Underground Railroad has been long gone...but...NOT forgotten...and she NEVER will be forgotten.
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Rosa Parks To Lie In Honor At Capitol
POSTED: 1:57 pm EDT October 28, 2005
UPDATED: 1:57 pm EDT October 28, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Rosa Parks, the seamstress whose act of defiance on a public bus a half-century ago helped spark the civil rights movement, will join presidents and war heroes who have been honored in death with a public viewing in the Capitol Rotunda.
Parks, who died Monday in Detroit at age 92, also will be the first woman to lie in honor in the Rotunda, the vast circular room under the Capitol dome.
The House on Friday passed by voice vote a resolution allowing Parks to be honored in the Capitol on Sunday and Monday "so that the citizens of the United States may pay their last respects to this great American." The Senate approved the resolution Thursday night.
It will be only the fifth time in the past two decades that a person has either lain in honor or in state in the Rotunda. The last to lie in state was President Reagan after his death in June last year.
Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 led to a 381-day boycott of the city's bus system and helped ignite the modern civil rights movement.
"The movement that Rosa Parks helped launch changed not only our country, but the entire world, as her actions gave hope to every individual fighting for civil and human rights," said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada. "We now can honor her in a way deserving of her contributions and legacy."
In most cases, only presidents, members of Congress and military commanders have been allowed to lie in the Rotunda.
Parks would be the first woman and second black American to receive the accolade. Jacob J. Chestnut, one of two Capitol police officers fatally shot in 1998, was the first black American to lie in honor, said Senate historian Richard Baker.
Parks also would be the second non-governmental official to be commemorated that way. The remains of Pierre L'Enfant _ the French-born architect who was responsible for the design of Washington, D.C. _ stopped at the Capitol in 1909, long after his death in 1825.
"Rosa Parks is not just a national hero, she is the embodiment of our social and human conscience and the spark that lit the flame of liberty and equality for African Americans and minority groups in this country and around the globe," said Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.
Officials with the Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development in Detroit said at one point that Parks would lie in repose at the Lincoln Memorial. The National Park Service, however, said those plans were never formalized.
Lila Cabbil, the institute's president emeritus, said Thursday the information was released prematurely and the foundation and the Parks family were working with Reps. John Conyers and Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., and the White House to make arrangements to have a viewing in Washington.
The Capitol event was one of several planned to honor the civil rights pioneer. Parks will lie in repose Saturday at the St. Paul AME Church in Montgomery, Ala., and a memorial service will be held at the church Sunday morning.
Following her viewing in the Capitol, a memorial service was planned for Monday at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington.
From Monday night until Wednesday morning, Parks will lie in repose at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. Her funeral will be Wednesday at Greater Grace Temple Church in Detroit.
Officials in Detroit and Montgomery, Ala., meanwhile, said the first seats of their buses would be reserved as a tribute to Parks' legacy until her funeral next week. Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick put a black ribbon Thursday on the first passenger seat of one of about 200 buses where seats will be reserved.
"We cannot do enough to pay tribute to someone who has so positively impacted the lives of millions across the world," Kilpatrick said.
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press.
http://www.wral.com/news/5198215/detail.html
POSTED: 1:57 pm EDT October 28, 2005
UPDATED: 1:57 pm EDT October 28, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Rosa Parks, the seamstress whose act of defiance on a public bus a half-century ago helped spark the civil rights movement, will join presidents and war heroes who have been honored in death with a public viewing in the Capitol Rotunda.
Parks, who died Monday in Detroit at age 92, also will be the first woman to lie in honor in the Rotunda, the vast circular room under the Capitol dome.
The House on Friday passed by voice vote a resolution allowing Parks to be honored in the Capitol on Sunday and Monday "so that the citizens of the United States may pay their last respects to this great American." The Senate approved the resolution Thursday night.
It will be only the fifth time in the past two decades that a person has either lain in honor or in state in the Rotunda. The last to lie in state was President Reagan after his death in June last year.
Parks' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 led to a 381-day boycott of the city's bus system and helped ignite the modern civil rights movement.
"The movement that Rosa Parks helped launch changed not only our country, but the entire world, as her actions gave hope to every individual fighting for civil and human rights," said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada. "We now can honor her in a way deserving of her contributions and legacy."
In most cases, only presidents, members of Congress and military commanders have been allowed to lie in the Rotunda.
Parks would be the first woman and second black American to receive the accolade. Jacob J. Chestnut, one of two Capitol police officers fatally shot in 1998, was the first black American to lie in honor, said Senate historian Richard Baker.
Parks also would be the second non-governmental official to be commemorated that way. The remains of Pierre L'Enfant _ the French-born architect who was responsible for the design of Washington, D.C. _ stopped at the Capitol in 1909, long after his death in 1825.
"Rosa Parks is not just a national hero, she is the embodiment of our social and human conscience and the spark that lit the flame of liberty and equality for African Americans and minority groups in this country and around the globe," said Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.
Officials with the Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development in Detroit said at one point that Parks would lie in repose at the Lincoln Memorial. The National Park Service, however, said those plans were never formalized.
Lila Cabbil, the institute's president emeritus, said Thursday the information was released prematurely and the foundation and the Parks family were working with Reps. John Conyers and Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., and the White House to make arrangements to have a viewing in Washington.
The Capitol event was one of several planned to honor the civil rights pioneer. Parks will lie in repose Saturday at the St. Paul AME Church in Montgomery, Ala., and a memorial service will be held at the church Sunday morning.
Following her viewing in the Capitol, a memorial service was planned for Monday at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington.
From Monday night until Wednesday morning, Parks will lie in repose at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. Her funeral will be Wednesday at Greater Grace Temple Church in Detroit.
Officials in Detroit and Montgomery, Ala., meanwhile, said the first seats of their buses would be reserved as a tribute to Parks' legacy until her funeral next week. Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick put a black ribbon Thursday on the first passenger seat of one of about 200 buses where seats will be reserved.
"We cannot do enough to pay tribute to someone who has so positively impacted the lives of millions across the world," Kilpatrick said.
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press.
http://www.wral.com/news/5198215/detail.html
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit to honor Rosa Parks
DALLAS, Texas (The Dallas Morning News) - DART will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus by setting aside the front seat of 150 buses on Thursday.
Parks made history and helped launch the modern civil rights movement on Dec. 1, 1955, when she would not move from her spot at the front of a Montgomery, Ala. city bus.
Transit agencies nationwide, including Capital Metro in Austin and The "T" in Fort Worth, are marking Mrs. Parks’ act of defiance in various ways, most by reserving a front seat on their buses and driving with bus headlights turned on.
Following Mrs. Parks’ death in October, DART honored her for “taking a stand simply by taking a seat” in advertisements on the buses and paratransit vehicles. DART spokesman Morgan Lyons said Thursday's commemoration is a "natural follow-up."
"It's a reminder to us as transit employees of the importance that transit has traditionally played in the community," Mr. Lyons said.
As part of Thursday’s observance, similar tributes will be displayed on the electronic message boards inside DART light rail vehicles.
The DART Board of Directors approved a special proclamation celebrating “National Transit Tribute to Rosa Parks Day” in a Nov. 29 meeting.
DALLAS, Texas (The Dallas Morning News) - DART will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus by setting aside the front seat of 150 buses on Thursday.
Parks made history and helped launch the modern civil rights movement on Dec. 1, 1955, when she would not move from her spot at the front of a Montgomery, Ala. city bus.
Transit agencies nationwide, including Capital Metro in Austin and The "T" in Fort Worth, are marking Mrs. Parks’ act of defiance in various ways, most by reserving a front seat on their buses and driving with bus headlights turned on.
Following Mrs. Parks’ death in October, DART honored her for “taking a stand simply by taking a seat” in advertisements on the buses and paratransit vehicles. DART spokesman Morgan Lyons said Thursday's commemoration is a "natural follow-up."
"It's a reminder to us as transit employees of the importance that transit has traditionally played in the community," Mr. Lyons said.
As part of Thursday’s observance, similar tributes will be displayed on the electronic message boards inside DART light rail vehicles.
The DART Board of Directors approved a special proclamation celebrating “National Transit Tribute to Rosa Parks Day” in a Nov. 29 meeting.
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Historic bus ride honored
DART, Fort Worth transit agency join national tribute to Rosa Parks
By TONY HARTZEL / The Dallas Morning News
On every route and on every bus today, Rosa Parks and her legacy will get a front-row place of honor.
DART and the Fort Worth Transportation Authority have joined with transit agencies nationwide to honor the woman credited with spurring the civil rights movement when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man on Dec. 1, 1955.
The front seat on 150 Dallas Area Rapid Transit buses will carry a sign today stating that the seat is reserved in memory of Mrs. Parks – "a woman who took a stand simply by taking a seat."
Mrs. Parks' actions led to the yearlong boycott of the Montgomery, Ala., bus company. The U.S. Supreme Court ultimately struck down the ordinance under which she was charged, leading to the end of racial segregation on public transportation. Mrs. Parks died Oct. 24 at age 92.
Through February, DART will display electronic messages on trains honoring Mrs. Parks, and it is planning a memorial in the agency's lobby.
DART board vice chairwoman Joyce Foreman pushed for a substantial memorial at DART headquarters "so that people can recognize and understand who Rosa Parks is and recognize why it was so important for a woman of color not to get up."
In Fort Worth, The T will have a similar front-seat tribute today, and all of its buses will drive with their headlights on. Community leaders also will offer Rosa Parks testimonials beginning at 9 a.m. at the Intermodal Transportation Center downtown.
DART, Fort Worth transit agency join national tribute to Rosa Parks
By TONY HARTZEL / The Dallas Morning News
On every route and on every bus today, Rosa Parks and her legacy will get a front-row place of honor.
DART and the Fort Worth Transportation Authority have joined with transit agencies nationwide to honor the woman credited with spurring the civil rights movement when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man on Dec. 1, 1955.
The front seat on 150 Dallas Area Rapid Transit buses will carry a sign today stating that the seat is reserved in memory of Mrs. Parks – "a woman who took a stand simply by taking a seat."
Mrs. Parks' actions led to the yearlong boycott of the Montgomery, Ala., bus company. The U.S. Supreme Court ultimately struck down the ordinance under which she was charged, leading to the end of racial segregation on public transportation. Mrs. Parks died Oct. 24 at age 92.
Through February, DART will display electronic messages on trains honoring Mrs. Parks, and it is planning a memorial in the agency's lobby.
DART board vice chairwoman Joyce Foreman pushed for a substantial memorial at DART headquarters "so that people can recognize and understand who Rosa Parks is and recognize why it was so important for a woman of color not to get up."
In Fort Worth, The T will have a similar front-seat tribute today, and all of its buses will drive with their headlights on. Community leaders also will offer Rosa Parks testimonials beginning at 9 a.m. at the Intermodal Transportation Center downtown.
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