Rosa Parks Died

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: Sqube
I respect and appreciate Rosa Parks for the spark that she gave the movement, but let's not pretend that Rosa Parks is the be-all and end-all of the civil rights movement.

And Nik, I agree with you that there are more inspirational things. I mean hell, MLK and Malcolm X were more inspirational, in my opinion.

Rosa Parks is generally credited with jump starting the civil rights movement. Malcom X was too radical for most public consumption and MLK Jr. was coming into his own. While those two are rightfully credited for being civil rights leaders, Rosa Parks brought it to the front of the public consciousness. Her refusal to give up her seat sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott effectively bringing the city to a halt.

i just want to interject in case some are unaware, but Rosa Parks was not the first one to take this issue court. there was a woman just before her that refused to give up her seat on the bus and lost her lawsuit. Rosa just happened to be the next in line and won.

True. IIRC, the other woman had some sort of skeleton in her closet and Ms. Parks history was "cleaner".

 

[CheesePoofs]

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: Sqube
I respect and appreciate Rosa Parks for the spark that she gave the movement, but let's not pretend that Rosa Parks is the be-all and end-all of the civil rights movement.

And Nik, I agree with you that there are more inspirational things. I mean hell, MLK and Malcolm X were more inspirational, in my opinion.

Rosa Parks is generally credited with jump starting the civil rights movement. Malcom X was too radical for most public consumption and MLK Jr. was coming into his own. While those two are rightfully credited for being civil rights leaders, Rosa Parks brought it to the front of the public consciousness. Her refusal to give up her seat sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott effectively bringing the city to a halt.

i just want to interject in case some are unaware, but Rosa Parks was not the first one to take this issue court. there was a woman just before her that refused to give up her seat on the bus and lost her lawsuit. Rosa just happened to be the next in line and won.

True. IIRC, the other woman had some sort of skeleton in her closet and Ms. Parks history was "cleaner".

first link i came to:
?In truth, the Montgomery, Alabama chapter of the NAACP had been looking for months for a test case to challenge segregation,? she writes. Two teen-age girls, Claudette Colvin and Mary Louise Smith, had refused to give up seats on the bus several weeks before Parks."
http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh120203.shtml

 

[NiKeFiDO]

shes sitting in the front of the bus to heaven

 

[latino666]

Originally posted by: NiKeFiDO
shes sitting in the front of the bus to heaven

LMAO!

 

[necine]

Originally posted by: NiKeFiDO
shes sitting in the front of the bus to heaven

:thumbsdown:

 

[NiKeFiDO]

Originally posted by: necine

Originally posted by: NiKeFiDO
shes sitting in the front of the bus to heaven

:thumbsdown:

no good?

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: toekramp

Originally posted by: Crescent13
at first I was like,

WhoTF is Rosa Parks?

then I was like,

Is this a joke, she was one of the people from slavery that died 100 years ago,

then I was like,

OMGWTF She lived that long? R.I.P.

then I was like OMGWTFBBQMORON

I think thats better....

 

[OdiN]

Outkast should be sued just for making his noise and selling it as music on CD's and such.

 

[shortspanishguy]

Originally posted by: OdiN
Outkast should be sued just for making his noise and selling it as music on CD's and such.

Outkast is a group. And I disagree, their music is generally good IMO.

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: TechITguy

Originally posted by: toekramp

-a Parks.

hehe. RIP

Hehe, I chuckled

Seriously though:

Agreed.

RIP

 

[clamum]

Fvcking redneck threadcrapper

 

[Baked]

RIP.

Ban Nik now. What a dumb ass. Go read some history books before you open your pie hole. DAMN.

 

[montanafan]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: Sqube
I respect and appreciate Rosa Parks for the spark that she gave the movement, but let's not pretend that Rosa Parks is the be-all and end-all of the civil rights movement.

And Nik, I agree with you that there are more inspirational things. I mean hell, MLK and Malcolm X were more inspirational, in my opinion.

Rosa Parks is generally credited with jump starting the civil rights movement. Malcom X was too radical for most public consumption and MLK Jr. was coming into his own. While those two are rightfully credited for being civil rights leaders, Rosa Parks brought it to the front of the public consciousness. Her refusal to give up her seat sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott effectively bringing the city to a halt.

i just want to interject in case some are unaware, but Rosa Parks was not the first one to take this issue court. there was a woman just before her that refused to give up her seat on the bus and lost her lawsuit. Rosa just happened to be the next in line and won.

Yes, but Rosa Parks had a long history of standing up for her rights. Twelve years earlier she was thrown off a bus for trying to go to her seat after entering through the front door and paying without then getting off the bus and re-entering through the back door as was the rule at the time. And in the early '40s she became one of the first women in Montgomery to join that branch of the NAACP and she tried to register to vote for the first time around that time and was denied twice before finally being allowed after a couple of years of trying.

 

[lrad50]

rip

 

[eflat]

Originally posted by: necine

pics?

 

[eflat]

Originally posted by: CitizenDoug

Originally posted by: necine

pics?

oh her. i thought you were talking about some model. isn't there a model with a similar name?

well yes that is a shame

the world still has a long way to go towards civil equality.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: shortspanishguy

Originally posted by: OdiN
Outkast should be sued just for making his noise and selling it as music on CD's and such.

Outkast is a group. And I disagree, their music is generally good IMO.

Oh...it's a group. My bad...I'm just used to those people coming up with stupid names to call themself.

But yeah...IMO they don't make music.

Hey Ya = most annoying crap ever

 

[pulse8]

Nik is such a closeted bigot it's not even funny.

 

[Xcobra]

R.I.P.

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: clamum
Fvcking redneck threadcrapper

I say ban for bringing up the bold word.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Baked
RIP.

Ban Nik now. What a dumb ass. Go read some history books before you open your pie hole. DAMN.

:roll:

Read the damn thread.

Originally posted by: pulse8
Nik is such a closeted bigot it's not even funny.

:roll:

You idiots just completely ignore what doesn't fit your anti-Nik agenda, including half my posts in this thread. :roll:

 

[necine]

Originally posted by: pulse8
Nik is such a closeted bigot it's not even funny.

LOL...

I don't see him as a bigot. If you talk to most people on the street, I think they would have the same reaction he did. Bigot is a harsh term, and should be used carefully.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: necine

Originally posted by: pulse8
Nik is such a closeted bigot it's not even funny.

LOL...

I don't see him as a bigot. If you talk to most people on the street, I think they would have the same reaction he did. Bigot is a harsh term, and should be used carefully.

Don't worry about him. He's been pushing this "Nik is a racist" bullsh|t for years. :roll:

 

[loic2003]

Whilst I feel the movement stemming from this lady's actions was completely necessary, I can't help but feel that the pendulum has swung the other way somewhat.