Go to your reward.

[kyburg]

Good and faithful servant.

I met this lady once. I embarassed the hell out of both of us, but I made an impression. Oh, well. I was 22 and socially inept. But she was a sweet little old lady, even then. Sheesh. More than twenty years ago - she was a very, very old lady when she passed. Can't complain at all about it.

I think one of the best tributes she has in Los Angeles is that the interchange where the Blue and Green Lines meet is named after her. You ride public transit (the TRAINS, catsonmars, oh the irony), you hear her name every day. Twice, even.

She won't be forgotten.



Good job, Rosa. Good job.

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Great article

[dudemungus.livejournal.com]

I read a bit on the montogomery bus boycott, and it's pretty interesting. Rosa Parks was a very well educated woman, with a full idea of what she was starting, and what was at stake when she refused to give up her seat. Unbelievable courage from so many back then. You look at folks like that and just feel like we've all become so watered down in comparison.