Rosa wasn't the first, Claudette Colvin was the first to not give up her seat in protest.
Today marks the 107th birthday of civil rights activist Rosa Parks.
Parks had a pivotal role in the history of the civil rights movement after she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus for a white man. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Yeah Claudette was the first one to not give up her seat, but Rosa was the more popular case
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change didn’t start with her. claudette coleman did it way before her, but wasn’t put in center stage because she was a pregnant, darkskin teenager.
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Happy birthday to one of my heroes
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Since the focus was on Rosa Parks on MLK Day we should talk about MLK on her day.
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In reality, Park’s moment on the bus was a planned, strategic act, her life before it not ordinary. She was an established activist working w the Montgomery branch of the NAACP. The original black woman on the bus was less articulate, so they re-enacted the moment using Parks.
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Say this, Loud and proud. Appalling- Yesterday's words, and living in the present with discriminatory actions still.
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