Soror Rosa Parks Remembered

[NinjaPoodle]

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.

From Yahoo news:

"Everybody wanted to explain Rosa Parks and wanted to teach Rosa Parks, but Rosa Parks wasn't very interested in that," he said. "She wanted them to understand the government and to understand their rights and the Constitution that people are still trying to perfect today."

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.

[Visionary22]

Very sad news indeed.

[SummerChild]

Yes, may our soror rest in peace. She really impacted our world.
SC

Originally posted by Exquisite5
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.

[Ideal08]

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!!

[RedAngel]

Condolences.

[LatinaAlumna]

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

[Ms Public Service]

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

[eyestotheSKY]

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.

[MaMaBuddha]

she was definitely a legacy.


she paved a path for freedom.

[Professor]

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.

[AKA_Monet]

She will be sorely missed...

But her message must last forever...

Never surrender and question authority--Or just say "NO"!

[TonyB06]

Rest in Peace, Mrs. Parks,....you certainly did the thang.

[Eclipse]

I heard on the news that all of the buses in Detroit will have black ribbon across the front seat. They are asking other cities to do the same. What a wonderful tribute

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally posted by LatinaAlumna
...very sad and a great loss to our country.

Agreed

[TonyB06]

Congress to OK plan to let Parks' body lie in repose at Capitol
Detroit News staff and wire reports

WASHINGTON -- Congress was expected today to give final approval to a resolution that would allow the public to pay respects to Rosa Parks in the U.S. Capitol building on Sunday and Monday -- a unique honor for a private citizen.
Earlier, friends and supporters of the civil rights leader said they expected her body to lie in repose in the rotunda of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. But Detroit lawmakers gained support of legislative leaders to move the observance to the Capitol rotunda.

The Senate approved the resolution late Thursday.

It says that "in recognition of the historic contributions of Rosa Parks, her remains be permitted to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol from Oct. 30 to Oct. 31, 2005, so that the citizens of the United States may pay their last respects to this great American."

In most cases, only presidents, members of Congress and military commanders have been permitted to lie in the rotunda.

Parks would be the first woman and second black American to receive the accolade. Jacob J. Chestnut, one of two Capitol police officers fatally shot in 1998, was the first black American to lie in honor, said Senate historian Richard Baker.

The most recent person to lie in repose in the Capitol was President Reagan in 2004.


http://www.detnews.com/2005/specialr...A10-363976.htm