Firefighter Suspended for Refusing to Remove American Flag Sticker From Locker... Oct 19, 2009
again, as previously said, Rosa Parks broke the rules, colonists broke the rules when we revolted against the British ... again, as previously said, Rosa Parks broke the rules, colonists broke the rules when we revolted against the British ... " This so called reporter managed to brainwashed what seems to be an intelligent blogger as yourself with mis-information and you ran with it.This leads you and I where we are at currently. You said that you don't attack the president at all but i showed... (The Drudge Report)
Tlingit civil rights pioneer celebrated in film Oct 18, 2009
She has since been compared with civil rights icon Rosa Parks, though Schenck's protest was spontaneous, not planned, and did not receive the massive press coverage received by Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott. But the effect was similar. (Anchorage Daily News)
Very Punny: Student artist lampoons icons Oct 15, 2009
Most people may not think what Rosa Parks did was very funny, but one Penn State graduate art student turned the famous image of her seated on a bus into a pun. Salvatore Schiciano (graduate-arts) recreated the photograph in a small oil painting but added a cartoon cloud above Parks' head with a picture of a gas pump in it. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Fame finally takes wing for the WASPs Oct 10, 2009
President Obama signed a bill July 1 granting them the same honor bestowed on such other boundary-pushers as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Tuskegee Airmen. They were the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASP, and there were about 1,000 of them who volunteered to fly dangerous fighter, bomber, transport, and training aircraft in the United States in order to free up male pilots for combat duty overseas. (Boston Globe)
Detroit churches save souls - and a golf course Oct 9, 2009
It hosted the funeral of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who lived in Detroit and died in 2005. The church was founded 82 years ago and has moved through various Detroit locations over the years. (CNN -- Money)
Cronkite records destroyed by FBI Sep 23, 2009
The FBI destroyed a file on civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, The Detroit News reported in 2006. Heard, who is researching a 1951 execution in Mississippi, said he was frustrated to learn the FBI destroyed records about one of the civil rights lawyers involved. (Florida Today)
A Frank look at the US Sep 22, 2009
Segregation plays a big part of Robert Frank's work, as seen in this photo, "Trolley -- New Orleans," which he shot in 1955, just a few weeks before Rosa Parks was arrested in Alabama. In Frank's "Rodeo -- New York City," shot in 1954, a Marlboro Man look-alike is the unlikely star of the street. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Madame Tussauds Offers Discount for Transit Riders Sep 20, 2009
The wax figures of Abraham Lincoln, Madonna and Rosa Parks were seated in D.C. pedicabs Saturday to help mark "Car Free Day" next week. The museum is urging area residents to reduce their carbon footprints by bicycling, taking mass transit or walking instead of driving a car. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Civil rights museum plans first exhibits Sep 17, 2009
In addition to the exhibits, artifacts will include a bus seat signed by Rosa Parks, a travel book identifying safe houses and establishments that would service African-Americans, a medical bag used by Dr. George Evans, the first African-American physician allowed to practice medicine in what had been an all-white Greensboro hospital, and the official uniform once worn by Capt. Harvey Alexander, member of the first graduating class from the Tuskegee Air Corps. Most Read Stories. (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
What about your priorities? Sep 15, 2009
This chick on V103 had the NERVE to compare what Kanye did to what Martin, Malcom, Ghandi and Rosa Parks did. Yeah, true leaders don t carry around Hennessy bottles and pop off at the mouth just cause a VMA vote didn t go their way. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Bicyclist J.R. Rodriguez (left) is forced to watch other young people, including skateboarder Sam Ringgenberg, ride in the skate park because bikes are not allowed in the bowls. (Photo by Sara Loven) Sep 14, 2009
Mike Boehler wrote on Sep 13, 2009 4:22 PM:" I understand the "issues" with allowing bikes in bike parks. The most legitimate of them seems to be that the metal parts on a bike will damage the cement. WEll... There has recently been inovations to bicycle parts, such as plastic pegs and bar ends. Those are the parts that hit the ground the most and would cause the most damage. The plastic parts would be more gentle on the cement that the skatebeard trucks. So why is it that bikes are still not... (Cody Enterprise, WY)
Looking For Right-Wing Terrorists Sep 12, 2009
Martin Luther King and people of courage like Rosa Parks defeated Jim Crow laws which were robbing the spirit of the people. While it did not happen overnight, the hearts of people changed. (Townhall.com)
NO LIE! SC's Wilson Rakes In $750,000 in Less Than 48 Hours... Sep 12, 2009
Capitol Briefing - S.C.'s Wilson Rakes In $750,000 in Less Than 48 Hours; Opponent Tops $1 Million. Get the latest on House and Senate votes. (The Drudge Report)
Living in a land of limitless possibilities Sep 11, 2009
People like Martin Luther King Jr., Susan B. Anthony and Rosa Parks, along with countless other unsung heroes, have stood up and demanded equal rights for everyone. This summer we lost one of the giants in the cause of equality and justice for all. (Bolton Common, MA)
Rosa Parks Center to appear on network television tonight Sep 10, 2009
The Rosa Parks Center at William Woods University, which provides a rehabilitation program for female juvenile offenders, will be included in a network television documentary news program, ABC Primetime, tonight at 9 on KMIZ-TV.. The broadcast will feature overall rehabilitation programs operated by the Missouri Division of Youth Services at the Waverly Youth Center and the Rosa Parks Center in Fulton ... The Rosa Parks Center, home to a few selected female juvenile offenders, is located on the... (Fulton Sun, MO)
PRIMETIME: Jails That Treat Kids Like Kids Sep 10, 2009
Watch the full one-hour special following life at Waverly and Rosa Parks on "Primetime: Crime" tonight at 10 p.m. ET. One juvenile inmate at Waverly, Chris, 14, looks like the kid next door -- but he spent the last few years drinking and doing drugs. (ABC News)
News flash: GOP condemns extremist views, coarse rhetoric Sep 6, 2009
7:49 am September 5, 2009, by Jay. So Van Jones, Obama s newly named energy efficiency adviser, had publicly referred to Republicans with an epithet that you creative spellers out there will no doubt find a way to get past our moderation software. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
2 New Jersey Men Arrested After Pot Found In Car Sep 4, 2009
The trooper stopped the speeding Chevrolet Malibu at 11:45 p.m. near Rosa Parks Way. The trooper searched the vehicle after smelling marijuana, said Nebraska state patrol spokeswoman Deb Collins. (7 KETV Omaha)
The One Thing Sep 4, 2009
Right after Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat, if the civil rights leaders had jumped out and said, OK, now we want reparations for slavery, we want redistribution of all wealth, and we want to legalize mixed marriages, had that had been there, if they would have come out with a maximum program the very next day, they would have been laughed at. Instead they came out with a very minimum program, you know, we just want to integrate these buses. (Fox News)
Motown Records Celebrates 50th Anniversary Sep 3, 2009
Rosa Parks was arrested in Alabama a few years before Motown's founding, but the movement gained steam at the same time Motown did. "Back in the '60s, when we were weren't allowed to do or go certain places, our music crept into people's homes ... into their bathrooms, their bedrooms, their living rooms, their kitchens, their cars," Fakir said. (W-USA News, DC)
Kindergarten boom challenges schools Sep 1, 2009
To accommodate the growth, Sioux Falls opened Rosa Parks Elementary two years ago, Pettigrew this year, and plans to build its 25th elementary in the northwest part of the city in 2013. The district's latest five-year plan also calls for more middle school rooms by 2013. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Snags delay civil rights museum Aug 30, 2009
Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery: 51,546. Selma-to-Montgomery Trail Interpretive Center: 40,000. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Emmett Till's Casket Headed to Smithsonian Aug 29, 2009
The Rev. Jesse Jackson has said that Till's killing and his mother's decision to show his remains helped convince Rosa Parks a few months later not to give up her seat in a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama - a decision that became one of the most significant acts of defiance in American history. Bunch said the casket, with its clear glass top that allowed people to see Till's body is an important historical artifact. (CBS News)
Family Declined Option of Having Kennedy Lie in State Aug 28, 2009
The same phrase was used for Rosa Parks, the civil rights pioneer and former aide to Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich. (Roll Call)
Student-Athlete of the Week - Kayla May Aug 27, 2009
What is she doing in there. " Favorite professional team: New York Yankees Favorite sports writer or announcer: Dick Vitale A "Stupid Human Trick" you can do: Touch my tongue to my nose Person you'd most like to meet: Dwayne Wade Words that describes you best are: Inspirational, ambitious Best advice you've gotten about sports: "The will to win, comes from the Heart. (Uoflsports.com)
Ted Kennedy, RIP Aug 27, 2009
Others are granted permission to lie in state out of respect for exceptional acts, like Rosa Parks for her role in the civil rights movement and two Capitol police officers who died protecting Congress. (See the whole list. (Slate)
William Emerson Jr., 86, chronicled the civil rights era Aug 26, 2009
He covered the Montgomery bus boycott and interviewed stalwarts like Rosa Parks and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.. Decades later, his articles still pack the power to bring those dramas to life, to put readers in the midst of flash points, said Hank Klibanoff, former managing editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and co-author of The Race Beat: The Press, The Civil Rights Struggle and the Awakening of a Nation. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Sounds Golden Aug 26, 2009
To Rosa Parks' Bravery, Martin and Malcolm paved The way for me and peers And for years We've been behind the climb Of this social ladder. While most of our role models Remain rappers. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Basketball)
Reality intrudes on the idealistic euphoria of Obama's win Aug 25, 2009
So we tend to think that Rosa Parks sat on a bus, Martin Luther King gave some great speeches, decent Americans recoiled at racist violence on the nightly news, and boom, change happened. The reality was that nine long years passed from Parks' act of civil disobedience until Lyndon Johnson signed the civil rights bill - nine years of often mundane and inglorious work. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Long's sportsmanship was not case of race, says son Aug 23, 2009
Dortch, who said she never discussed the episode with her grandfather Owens, drew on the example of Rosa Parks, known as 'the mother of the modern day civil rights movement', who refused to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. "I would draw a comparison with Rosa Parks who did not deliberately sit down on the bus as a protest against racial discrimination but because she was tired and thought she deserved to have a seat," said Dortch. (Yahoo! Asia News)
LETTER: Look at a list of what Palin doesn't have Aug 20, 2009
" Bill O'Reilly assured us that Michael Jackson wasn't really that black because he had white children. O'Reilly said there's nothing racist about tearing up a Rosa Parks sign at a health care meeting. Brian Kilmeade said Americans have more health problems than Swedes because Americans, ". keep marrying other species and other ethnicities. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Grand Rapids: A relaxed urban getaway Aug 18, 2009
-- I'm sitting with my wife on the fringe of Rosa Parks Circle as a multiracial band blasts bluesy tunes for a small but very receptive crowd - it's like a Dave Matthews concert in miniature - and it occurs to me that, for the slightly stressed Chicagoan, this western Michigan town represents the ideal urban getaway. Because in Grand Rapids, you leave Chicago without going too far, neither in distance (200 miles from my front door to the hotel driveway) nor in state of mind. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Health Care Reform: A Pissed-Off Nation Aug 18, 2009
But has she made a public statement condemning the actions of the white man who ripped apart the poster of Rosa Parks at the senators Missouri town hall last week. Where is the outrage about the fact that blacks have to think twice about whether they will attend a meeting convened by their congressperson at which some. (Slate)
But My Best Friend Is Black! Aug 13, 2009
Can White Folks Define Racist. Thursday, August 13, 2009. (Slate)
Mayor pardons protesters Aug 12, 2009
The law is known as the Rosa Parks Act, after the civil-rights icon arrested in Montgomery for refusing to give up her bus seat to a White man ... Tennessee officials could not say for sure whether anyone has applied under that state's Rosa Parks Act ... The mayor's proclamation says it is in compliance with both the Rosa Parks Act and a city code allowing mayors to grant pardons. (AZCentral -- News)
Lawmakers face angry crowds on health care Aug 12, 2009
One man was arrested after allegedly taking and ripping a sign from a woman that showed a picture of Rosa Parks sitting on a bus with the words, "First Lady of Civil Rights.". Someone shouted out that they didn't trust McCaskill. (Concord Monitor)
Berlin’s Slope wins $50K on ‘Millionaire’ Aug 12, 2009
Slope stumbled on a question about Rosa Parks age at the time of her famous bus ride, and settled for 50,000. Current Rating: 2. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
United Cerebral Palsy center founder has 'tenacious' heart Aug 12, 2009
"In my mind, she was like the Rosa Parks for developmentally disabled persons in Daytona Beach," said Daniel Remmert, 52, a vocational evaluator for the agency's day training program. Jim Hall, 58, who is blind and developmentally delayed, was one of the first clients. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Thank You Doc Voorhies Aug 11, 2009
To Mavis wrote on Aug 8, 2009 10:36 PM:" You're so sweet. I don't imagine that he is proud, but merely relieved. And really what would two weeks have done? To stick around and work for a man who insulted you directly in the Daily Iberian? To work for a church whose religious leaders say to trust them blindly? Rosa Parks once protested by refusing to give up her seat. I think Doc has protested by giving his up. ". To All Naysayers wrote on Aug 8, 2009 10:29 PM:" To those who think Doc's leaving... (New Iberia, LA)
Howard a champion of civil rights Aug 8, 2009
Rosa Parks was in the audience as Howard spoke about Till and three days later, she famously refused to give up her bus seat to a white person ... Without Dr. T.R.M. Howard, we would have never heard of Medgar Evers and Fannie Lou Hamer and quite possibly never heard of Rosa Parks, David said. (Murray Ledger & Times, KY)
ACC wisely pulled baseball out of S.C. Aug 2, 2009
To those who believe the NAACP's fight is for naught and should be abandoned, Randolph says: "If Rosa Parks had given up the fight, do you think that Montgomery would have ever desegregated their bus rides?". So, Randolph and his group surge ahead, looking forward to the day when the state of South Carolina can both be proud of its heritage and respectful of its citizens. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Anticipation is a powerful force Aug 2, 2009
I expect they will arrive together in the prose pages of "The Wilderness Warrior," interpreted by Brinkley, who has a published range from "The Reagan Diaries" to "Rosa Parks"; from "Dean Acheson:The Cold War Years, 1953-1971" to "The Magic Bus: An American Odyssey." This is why I've been anticipating Brinkley's efforts on Roosevelt as a conservationist. When I'm being indecisive about whether to buy a book, or begin reading it, I have a test that I apply. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Obama Turns On Freedom Around the Globe Jul 31, 2009
The NED asked the White House for a presidential meeting with dissident Bertha Atunez, who headed the Cuban Rosa Parks Womens Movement for Civil Rights. Previous Presidents Bush and Clinton had met with NED award winners. (Townhall.com)
Harvey Milk among Medal of Freedom recipients Jul 31, 2009
Harvey Milk among Medal of Freedom honorees. Article:Harvey Milk among Medal of Freedom honorees:/c/a/2009/07/30/MN64191J61. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
38 comments Jul 31, 2009
At best, he has been described (by racialist and full-fledged polysyllable-babbling idiot Michael Eric Dyson) as the "Rosa Parks of racial profiling. But Gates is more than that. He is a faux moderate who, underneath it all, is convinced that American society is deeply and irreparably racist. He is an opportunist, and a defender and purveyor of the "dominant white racism" myth that continues to plague American society. He is, underneath it all, Barack Obama. Which is why President Obama came to... (Human Events Online)
Pelosi: 'We Salute Speaker Hastert for His Leadership, Decency, and Long Record of Distinguished Service' Jul 29, 2009
"But I'd also like to thank him once again and publicly for a great gift. Several years ago, thousands of Americans streamed into the Rotunda of the Capitol. They came to pay their final respects to Rosa Parks, the first woman to ever lie in honor in the Capitol of the United States. That would not have been possible without the leadership of Dennis Hastert, who made it so. Thank you, Dennis, for making that possible. "In Congress, we all hold the title 'honorable' by virtue of our office.... (PR Newswire)
Obama, Gates, and the Problem of Black Guilt Jul 29, 2009
Columns, funnies in your inbox. Townhall Daily Alert Your daily must-read of conservative columns, cartoons and news. (Townhall.com)
Obama to Meet with Gates and Crowley Jul 29, 2009
"If Rosa Parks and James Blake, the bus driver, had met at the White House and did not deal with the issue of the accommodations, it would have been personal and not politics. And so, this issue of Dr. Gates being a victim of excessive force and bad judgment is a much bigger subject.". "This is a teachable moment," Jackson said, for America to address the issue of profiling. (CBS News)
Cops Release 911 Call in Gates Arrest Jul 28, 2009
" YOu and your southern kind are haters, instilled into your southern heritage by your shame filled past. by jwesel1 July 27 00004000 , 2009 2:12 PM EDT Prof. Gates has done what Rosa Parks did 40 years ago. History will prove that. by bannednancy July 27, 2009 2:20 PM EDT Most Americans haven't a clue as to what their rights are. Most know they have a right to remain silent; they just can't do it. by anitaymoore July 27, 2009 4:21 PM EDT I respectfully disagree with you. Rosa Parks stood her... (CBS News)
The Sports Legends Challenge Invites Fans To Go 'All In' for the Ultimate Sports Fantasy Event Jul 28, 2009
During the past decade, the company's principals have managed the sale of over $300 million in historical collectibles and overseen the auction of newsworthy items such as the most expensive baseball card sold publicly, the "Bartman" baseball, Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak bat, Mickey Mantle's 1961 61 home run season jersey, and the bus on which Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat. Legendary Auctions conducts several sales annually in a combination of phone/internet and live auction... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Gates Says 'Yes' To Beer With Crowley Jul 25, 2009
What would have happened if Rosa Parks had simply dropped her case. This needs to be pursued. (Slate)
Freedom's Sisters exhibit coming to BCRI Jul 23, 2009
The interactive exhibit, featuring women such as Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks, honors the lives of 20 African American women who influenced the course of American history. The exhibit will be split into four themed categories: Dare to Dream, Inspire Lives, Serve the Public and Look to the Future. (Birmingham Business Journal, AL)
Atheists sue to keep In God We Trust' off Capitol Visitor Center Jul 19, 2009
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., along with Rosa Parks, had a vision. Even former President Jimmy Carter had a vision that continues today with Habitat for Humanity to improve living conditions in this nation and the world. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Fighting Sotomayor, Republicans Falsely Advance Fire Fighter Ricci as the White Man's Rosa Parks (HuffingtonPost.com) Jul 18, 2009
Fighting Sotomayor, Republicans Falsely Advance Fire Fighter Ricci as the White Man's Rosa Parks - Yahoo ... Fighting Sotomayor, Republicans Falsely Advance Fire Fighter Ricci as the White Man's Rosa Parks. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
'Lingering injustice' continues: Till homages suffer Jul 17, 2009
On Nov. 27, 1955, Rosa Parks heard a speech on Emmett Till. Four days later, she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, sparking the modern civil rights movement. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Even in death, no rest for Emmett Till Jul 14, 2009
One person could not get the story out of her head was a young seamstress named Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Ala ... "That casket is as much a part of the civil-rights movement as the bus that Rosa Parks was riding on," he said. (MSNBC -- Crime)
MEDIA MUSINGS: LeBron dunk tape mystery, studs & duds Jul 14, 2009
"With a reduction in glut, a little less butt and a smidgen more guts, Serena Williams would easily be as big as Michael Jackson, dwarf Tiger Woods and take a run at Rosa Parks," Whitlock wrote. I'd take this column a bit more seriously if I'd seen Whitlock at one of the dozen U.S. Opens I've covered. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Remembering and honoring E.D. Nixon, Sr. Jul 12, 2009
"Because of his courage Mrs. Rosa Parks had someone she could lean on. Because of his courage, men like Fred Gray and Tom Gray and others took part in the civil rights movement, he was the rock, E. D. Nixon, the father of the modern-day Civil Rights Movement," said Ford. "What he did was make life better, not just for black people, but for everybody in America from school kids to office holders we all owe a huge debt to E. D. Nixon, Sr.," said Richard Bailey. (WSJA.com, AL)
Local branch of National Archives in Morrow uses documents to highlight history Jul 11, 2009
Among the 120,000 cubic feet of documents are the first Brown v. Board of Education case, the case that decided the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and many civil rights court cases that pre-date Rosa Parks from the 30s and 40s. The civil rights movement didn t start in the 1950s, Walker said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Portland street renamed Cesar Chavez Boulevard Jul 9, 2009
More recently and with less fuss, the city renamed a street Rosa Parks Parkway. The attempt to rename Interstate Avenue, championed by former Mayor Tom Potter, ran into other trouble when it end-ran the process for doing so. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
AME Church creates nonprofit in bid for Rosa Parks' estate Jul 8, 2009
Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, then 85, smiles as her neice, Shelia Keys, touches her face while they talk in a front row pew before services at St. Matthew AME Church in Detroit, Sunday, June 7, 1998 ... "The reason that we've made the step is because of the connection between the AME Church and Rosa Parks," Guidry said in an interview. (USA Today -- News)
Obama Is in Russia, but Honduras Is Where the Action Is Jul 8, 2009
One assumes that while the Los Angeles Times believes that Americans should be law-abiding, it agrees with Rosa Parks having broken the law. The ends (fighting segregation) justified the means (breaking the law). (Human Events Online)
Local sheriffs are last defense, former lawman Mack says Jul 7, 2009
sheriff's office that a black woman was refusing to move to the back of the bus as required by law the sheriff would have arrived on the scene and talked to Rosa Parks ... Rosa Parks taught us what you do with stupid laws. (Missoulian, MT)
Food for Thought Jul 5, 2009
Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2009 10:00 PM EST. Each week, WSFA 12 News Anchor Mark Bullock brings you the latest restaurant inspection scores. (WSJA.com, AL)
Where they went: Alabama Jul 5, 2009
SITES OF RIGHTS AND WRONGS: Other stops in Montgomery included the First White House of the Confederacy, the former home of Jefferson Davis, head of the Confederacy; the historic Cloverdale neighborhood; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts; the Troy University Rosa Parks Museum; and Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, where King once served as pastor. BIRMINGHAM BOUND: A 90-minute drive north took the women to Birmingham, where they spent hours at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, a... (Boston Globe)
