Soror Rosa Parks Has Passed Away
 

Link to news article

May our beloved Soror rest in peace and may all of us pick up the torch and carry on her legacy.

There is much to be done.

She will sorely missed.

I was truly shocked.

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Her failure to move helped to jump start the CRM. Her story and the story of the Civil Rights Movement must never die. We have to make sure that WE keep the history and the legacy alive.

Gone:(...but certainly NEVER forgotten!

May her strength and wisdom continue to affect us and may she always be an example to follow.

May she rest in peace.... :(

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I just saw this! :(

Rest in Peace Soror.

I am in tears. Let's continue in the service of what our Soror taught us by her humble example.

Shalom~

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Rest in peace. She will be missed.

As I wrote in the News thread - :( :( . I have been expecting this (because of her age and health,) but it is still very sad.

My condolences to my Sistergreeks for the loss of a wonderful lady.

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No words seem adequate.

A beautiful soul who FOUGHT so that the liberties we have today would come to pass.

Rest in Peace, Mrs. Rosa Parks. You have certainly been a good and faithful servant.

Yes, she was ill. However, it's never a good thing to hear of anyone's passing. You always (well I ) always hope for the best.

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RIP Ms. Rosa Parks, we will miss you dearly. :(

This has truly been a sad time for us in the passing of some of the great Black icons - Ossie Davis, Shirley Chisolm, Rosa Parks, C Delores Tucker...

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Soror Rosa was truly a blessing to this country. She will be missed.

May Soror Rosa Parks rest in peace with the angels in Heaven. :( :(

There are no words. She will truly be missed :(

I hope you all don't mind me posting this here, but if so please delete
 

I just received this in my work e-mail and thought it was a great tribute for such an awe-inspiring woman.



October 2005
-- A Prayer for the Legacy of Rosa Parks By Dr. Billy Ingram


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Dear Lord: Today, as we sadly mourn the loss of our beloved sister, and warrior, Rosa Parks, we celebrate her life and legacy. We ask for comfort for her family and friends and the global community that her life impacted.
We thank you for the awesome example of what it really means to be great: by allowing us to watch a woman of God for over 50-years, who was simple, sensitive, sharp and a true servant.

We thank you for the legacy of Rosa Parks: that even though she never set out to do anything to change history, she changed it forever and became the focal point of the powerful civil rights movement, by standing up to sickening people, the shamefulness of our society and the sin of segregation.

We thank you for her lifetime of humility and her sincere message and desire for peace among all men and women on this planet. We thank you Lord, that in a world of extravagance and excessiveness, she remained true to the elegance of simplicity.

We thank you for the mantle and torch that she has passed on to us — the society of civilized people. May we accept the challenge to press forward, toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God, in Christ Jesus.

May a new generation rise up and take its rightful place in a world of hate and confusion. May we follow the example of the gentle giant, Rosa Parks, by walking in humility and serving one another.

May we constantly remind this prejudiced and narrow- minded world, that all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights: the right to pursue and live the good life, the right to liberty and the right to happiness.

May the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development become stronger and more successful than ever; and may Rosa’s reward be great and may her crown be large, and may her Master, the Lord Jesus Christ, now say unto her: well done, thou good and faithful servant, well done! In Jesus’ name, Amen!

Copyright © 2005 Got It Like That, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. www.DrBillyIngram.com 310-358-5131

:( I am saddened to hear of Mrs. Parks' passing. She was a wonderful woman. I did a two separate reports on her life and learned so much. Condolences to her family and to the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha. May she rest in peace. :(

RIP Soror Parks. She was the right woman, in the right place, at the right time. To think that such a simple act could lead to change still amazes me, although as others said, there's still more work to be done.

Its so sad, but she will never be forgotten.
R.I.P

May His Peace Be With You till We Meet Again
 

"When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing there will be. When we all see Jesus, we will sing and shout the victory."

Of all the wonderful pictures of her...
 

...Why did the NY Daily Newspaper decide to pick the mugshot photo of Rosa Parks (as she was being fingerprinted) to put on the front page?

I know her arrest is what sparked the civil rights movement...but I would have preferred another photo.

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Where.Have.YOU.Been? :D :eek: :o

Correction
 

It wasn't the photo of her being fingerprinted...it was a picture of her holding up her arrest/jail number.

Even worse if you ask me.

http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmili...py/xyxwave.gif

Soror, Every chance I get I pop in to see what everyone is talking about. Sometimes, I don't have a chance to reply...but I want to because the topics have been so good!

It's good to see you posting! :D

:( I am deeply saddened to hear of Ms. Parks' passing. My mother and I had the pleasure and honor of hearing her speak a few years ago. Eloquent is the best way to describe her.

One of the main reasons I respected her so much is because she wanted people to understand and focus on the movement and not her per say. What she did was only a step that got everyone else running towards the finish line.

Thank you Ms. Parks.
My condolences to her family, friends, Sorors and many admirers.

Very sad news indeed.

Re: Soror Rosa Parks Has Passed Away
 

Yes, may our soror rest in peace. She really impacted our world.
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May our dear Soror Rosa rest in peace. :(

Sorors, as we continue in service to all mankind, may we continue her legacy. May we continue to perform service with a renewed SPIRIT.



Soror SexyMocha, it's good to hear from you!! :)

Condolences.

...very sad and a great loss to our country. :(

This so sad. I just hope that future generations will appreciate the contributions that she made for civil and human rights.

I just want to say that Ms. Rosa Parks has inspired me in my life. The fact that she was a woman that sparked revolution is wonderful. She would be greatly missed, but legacy will last forever.

she was definitely a legacy.


she paved a path for freedom.

NC NAACP
 

NAACP REMEMBERS ROSA PARKS:
FLAGS AT HALF-MAST IN HER HONOR

The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP mourns the loss, but rejoices in the noble legacy of Rosa Lee Parks. In the real sense she was not only the Mother of the modern Civil Rights movement, but the Mother of a nation which needed the fresh birth of freedom. Like Shiprah and Puah of the Bible she stood up to the Pharoahic system of segregation and helped to socially conceive the modern day Moses of our day, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

When she sat down with silent dignity her actions sounded the call for millions whose hopes had often been deferred to stand up. Like Esther with beauty, dignity, and bravery she acted against injustice and understood the time for which she was born. Like Mary her act of courage produced a kind of Immaculate Conception of courage into the wombs of a people whose dignities often were aborted by the evils of racism.

Rosa Parks did not go along to get along. Instead like a true Mother, she stopped going along, scarified, and recognized there was a moral law higher than man’s unjust laws. She did this so that we as a nation could change and grow into our rightful place. Rosa Parks like a good Mother corrected us and challenged us so that we as a nation might form a more perfect union. “If ever there was a time that the flags of our State and Nation should fly at half-mast, this is such a time.” remarked Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, newly elected president of the NC NAACP State Conference. “Rosa Lee Parks taught us to do more than just wave the flag. She taught us to live out its true symbolic meaning---one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all. Rosa Parks continued to push us to fight against the continuing realities of racism and social/economic injustice, and was an active member of the NAACP.” Rev. Barber continued, “Let us mourn our loss, rejoice her legacy, and continue in her spirit. Thank you Mother Parks. Sleep now in the bosom of God and take your rest.”

North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the third largest state conference in the nation is comprised of 109 adult branches, 50 youth councils and 20 college chapters. For more information, call the State Office at 336/275-0851.