Rosa Parks said she wanted to be remembered “as a person who wanted to be free and wanted others to be free.” In a 1984 radio interview she said that sometimes she couldn’t escape the fame and responsibility that was thrust upon her.
Rosa Parks, who ignited the modern civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to surrender her seat on a bus to a white man on December 1′ 1955 – dead at the age of 92. Voice of America
I’m pretty surprised that more bloggers aren’t talking about this. Andrew had a pretty long post though.
Really? I have a brief entry for her. But I’ve actually seen a little more than I expected.
Here in Detroit people actually complained because the local news interrupted the football game to report her death. Ignorance is bliss.