#rosaparks

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"To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try." — Rosa Parks

[cartermagazine]

Today In History

Rosa L. Parks, civil rights activist and inspiration for the Montgomery Bus Boycott, was born in Tuskegee, AL, on this date February 4, 1913. Her refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to the historical year-long boycott of the bus system.

Parks’ civil rights protest did have a precedent: Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin, a student from a black high school in Montgomery, had refused to move from her bus seat nine months earlier.

Rosa Parks’ actions inspired the leaders of the local Black community to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Led by a young Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the boycott lasted more than a year—and ended only when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional.

Over the next half-century, Parks became a nationally recognized symbol of dignity and strength in the struggle to end entrenched racial segregation.

CARTER™️ Magazine

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Malcolm X and Rosa Parks were two of the civil rights leaders assembled by A. Philip Randolph for a 1962 rally supporting poorly-paid Black, Hispanic, and Caribbean hospital workers in their bid for union recognition as part of the Local 1199 Drug and Hospital Union in what is now Brookdale Medical Center in New York City. This was the only time Malcolm X identified himself with a labor union.

Above, Malcolm X addresses the crowd in front of a sign reading “Negro and Puerto Rican Communities Support Local 1199’s Fight to End Exploitation …” Joining him on the platform are A. Philip Randolph, Rosa Parks, and other labor leaders. Photographer unknown.

[whenweallvote]

“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free…so that other people would also be free.” — Rosa Parks (1913-2006)

Not only do we remember Rosa Parks as free — we remember her as one of the mothers of the freedom MOVEMENT.

Happy heavenly birthday, Ms. Rosa 🫶🏽

[uvmagazine]

Rosa Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".

On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks rejected bus driver James F. Blake's order to vacate a row of four seats in the "colored" section in favor of a white passenger, once the "white" section was filled.

Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation, but her arrest for civil disobedience in violating Alabama segregation laws helped inspire the Black community to boycott the Montgomery buses for over a year.

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so i posted this yesterday but it was somehow hidden from my followers and only a handful could see it. which only means ig is watching me again smh. so im reposting, i got this from @drjennpsych. so if black history month isn't for biracials, i don't want to see anyone utter a word about any of these history makers, and these are just a small example. we tend to get a lot of flack this month, especially if we don't look like we "belong". we aren't enough or we aren't black at all. we can only celebrate til the 14th blah blah blah. do you have the gall to say this to these figures? also while looking up history making black biracials i saw that the most popular figure is actually mixed as well! can you guess who they are??? ill try to make a post revealing who later. #mixedgirlproblems #bhm #barackobama #kamalaharris #tigerwoods #jimihendrix #edmonialewis #rosaparks #martinlutherkingjr #jamesbrown #maryellenpleasant #robertpurvis (at Black History Month) https://www.instagram.com/p/CocyuP4u9LN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[therealmisstee]

#Celebrate Black History #blackhistorymonth #rosaparks #blackhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CoU4LqQu4Lj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=