Rosa Parks : 1913-2005

It's been a LONG TIME since I last blogged and what better way to try to start again but to bring to you daily Black History Makers and/or facts.

TODAY'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH HIGHLIGHT: Also in honor of what would have been her 100th Birthday today, Rosa Parks, (1913-2005) Known as the "mother of the Civil Rights Movement, " Rosa Parks refused to give her seat and started a struggle for freedom that rippled throughout the country. It had been a long day at work, and Rosa Parks was eager for the bus to come and take her home. When it finally pulled up, however, there were not any seats left in the back where blacks sat. Weary, Parks sat down in the white section. When the bus driver asked her to give up her seat for a white passenger, she refused. Parks was arrested. She and her husband lost their jobs. Blacks throughout the Montgomery, Alabama area took up her cause and started a boycott of the bus system. This unofficially started the Civil Rights Movement, which was led by minister Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The boycott ended a year later when the US Supreme Cort declared that bus segregation was unconstitutional. Her refusal to give up her seat was not Park's first involvement with civil rights. Twenty years earlier, she and her husband unsuccessfully worked to free nine black men who had been falsely accused of attacking two white women. Later, she worked as a secretary for the NAACP. Toward the end of her life, she wrote three autobiographies and won many honors and awards, including the Congressional Gold Medal. Also, today the United States Postal Service issued "Day of Courage" Stamp that you see featured in the photograph. If you would like to purchase this please go to : https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?productId=S_470404&categoryId=subcatS_S_Sheets Highlight text taken from "Discover the Adventures & Achievements of 60 Great Black Americans!"