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Rosa Parks: 60th anniversary of a historic day in Alabama – in pictures

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Post by Irn Bru Thu Dec 03, 2015 1:27 am

Rosa Parks’s refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger on 1 December 1955 was one of the most important symbols of the civil rights movement in America

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2015/dec/01/rosa-parks-60th-anniversary-bus-seat-civil-rights-pictures

Brave woman she was and and inspiration to many in the fight against racial discrimination.

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Post by Cass Thu Dec 03, 2015 1:39 am

Absolutely. Great lady.

This was a good read

http://www.amazon.com/Rebellious-Life-Mrs-Rosa-Parks/dp/0807033324/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1449106676&sr=1-3&keywords=rosa+parks
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Post by Syl Thu Dec 03, 2015 2:09 pm

A brave and beautiful lady.

It's hard to believe that people accepted the way black and white people were segregated in everyday life.
I find it amazing that ordinary white americans allowed this sort of discrimination to exist.

Mindsets were obviously very different a couple of generations ago.
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Post by Ben Reilly Thu Dec 03, 2015 8:22 pm

Syl wrote:A brave and beautiful lady.

It's hard to believe that people accepted the way black and white people were segregated in everyday life.
I find it amazing that ordinary white americans allowed this sort of discrimination to exist.

Mindsets were obviously very different a couple of generations ago.

Things haven't gotten better as much as we'd like to think -- there are still megachurch pastors in the U.S. who preach against "race-mixing." Look up Donny Reagan if you want to puke ...
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Post by Original Quill Thu Dec 03, 2015 8:25 pm

Ben_Reilly wrote:
Syl wrote:A brave and beautiful lady.

It's hard to believe that people accepted the way black and white people were segregated in everyday life.
I find it amazing that ordinary white americans allowed this sort of discrimination to exist.

Mindsets were obviously very different a couple of generations ago.

Things haven't gotten better as much as we'd like to think -- there are still megachurch pastors in the U.S. who preach against "race-mixing." Look up Donny Reagan if you want to puke ...

It's far from over.

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Post by Syl Fri Dec 04, 2015 5:37 pm

Makes me glad I don't live in those parts of the world where people with a black skin are still considered inferior beings not fit to integrate with the 'white folk'.
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