Rosa Parks dead at age 92

[ironchapman]

Well, as most of you may know, civil rights leader Rosa Parks, who became famous for refusing to give up her seat in the "Whites Only" section of a Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, has died at the age of 92. She dies of natural causes, reports say, in her Detroit home.

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[Aessotariq]

Wow, I missed this... what a loss... She certainly was a tough cookie. She had a special way of just lighting up a room by her presence -- she definitely put a smile on my face whenever I would see her on TV, and in her olden days she was even that much more charming.

[peaceloveunderstanding]

A true american hero and a true american. She stood up and made a difference by sitting down. Rest in Peace.

[M. Brown]

RIP. I'd probably wouldn't be able to even post this message if it wasn't for her. Man thats a scary thought.

[DetroitBazaar]

From our blog, hope you don't mind:

"Monday, October 24, 2005

Rest In Eternal Peace Rosa!

RIP Rosa Parks

We can't forget what she did for us; black, white, brown or whatever color you call yourself. She has passed away. She was a true champion, believe that! She wouldn't stand for what was accepted. 12th street in Detroit was renamed Rosa Parks Blvd. Outkast...offer your respects...

Peace to you Rosa, and for all that you stood for!

posted by DetroitBazaar at 11:02 PM

[bobliocatt]

R.I.P.

[NCB]

R.I.P. Rosa Parks.

[DigitalSky]

What a brave woman. Such courage

[krazeeboi]

*Edit* They changed the cartoon on me....sorry guys. The original one was a tribute to Ms. Parks.

[TennBear]

Krazeeboi: I think that while the cartoon may be cute and say something in its on right that it is misplaced and in poor taste on this topic.

[daniel18]

RIP

[Recchia]

Wait a minute, that wasn't the original cartoon that was posted.... the one originally was a bus to heaven that said "we have a seat right up front for you Mrs. Parks" or something...

[mcheiss]

Rosa Parks will lie in state in the rotunda at the capitol. She will be the first woman to ever lie in state and the 5th person in the last 2 decades.

RIP Rosa Parks.

[krazeeboi]

Wait a minute, that wasn't the original cartoon that was posted.... the one originally was a bus to heaven that said "we have a seat right up front for you Mrs. Parks" or something...

Yeah, a new cartoon is utilizing the same URL used for the Rosa Parks tribute cartoon. At any rate, I am grateful for the courage Ms. Parks demonstrated long before I was born, and I am reaping the benefits of her courage. God rest her soul.

[TennBear]

Yeah, a new cartoon is utilizing the same URL used for the Rosa Parks tribute cartoon. At any rate, I am grateful for the courage Ms. Parks demonstrated long before I was born, and I am reaping the benefits of her courage. God rest her soul.

I'm going with the URL is for the cartoon of the day for the cartoonist. The one that I saw for the response that I gave earlier was a fish on a plate. Now it's halloween. Seems to keep changing.

[ZachariahDaMan]

Well, as most of you may know, civil rights leader Rosa Parks, who became famous for refusing to give up her seat in the "Whites Only" section of a Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, has died at the age of 92. She dies of natural causes, reports say, in her Detroit home.

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I think you are mistaken. She wasn't in the white section of the bus, she was in the black section but was ordered to move because the white section was filled up.

[Recchia]

She was in the middle of the bus, "no mans land," where blacks could sit if there were no whites. But whites entered the bus and one of them didnt have a seat, so the driver said she had to move but she refused.