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She could sit anywhere she wanted on the bus, seeing as how she'd paid just like anybody else.  And nobody budged this woman of iron for another 50 years... God bless her.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&c ... a_parks_12

My hat's off to her. Amazing woman...with guts!

A remarkable and brave lady. We are unlikely to see her kind again

Good woman. Someone not afraid to stand against for what she believed was wrong, despite harsh penalties.
$14 must have been a couple of weeks wages back then.

just heard this waking up. she had guts. and who was to think that breaking the law would change the country. is wil foreverbe an icon.

sweet dreams rosa.

ramos

I salute her.

I've always admired her, and I'm sorry to hear the she has passed on. Because of her, it's hard for us now to imagine that there were laws in this country that were based on the color of someones skin. :-/

aye, may she finally rest in peace knowing she did her best in this crazy world......

Heard this. She was rather old wasn't she? (Didn't read the article)

92.

There's been a lot about Rosa Parks in her memory.  Here are a couple of things that are interesting.  

Firstly, she was not sitting in the section of seats reserved for whites.  She was sitting in a section where either could sit.  And it was generally accepted that if someone was already sitting there...white or black...that the person waiting to sit...white or black..was supposed to stand.  This further illustrates the nasty attitude with which black people were treated in that the bus driver was trying to make Rosa Parks move considering where she was sitting.

Secondly, Rosa, from what I've heard, was actually a shy person.  Quite ironic to consider that.

It's the little people who do the smallest things that begin the small snowball rolling that eventually brings about changes like this.

Not to hijack the topic, but another pioneer died recently as well:

Vivian Malone Jones

I'll mention her in another thread...