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Virtual Fighter · 06-29-2005, 07:06 PM

Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who refused to give her seat, yes, but also went on to lead the buss boycotts in montgumery, and basically hand set the spark for what was an end to segregation. Her case helped end segregation in public transportation.

"Standard accounts of Parks' act of civil disobedience in 1955 refer to her simply as a "tired seamstress." Parks stated in her autobiography, My Life, that it was not true that she was physically tired but was "tired of giving in."

"Many accounts fail to clarify: she was sitting in the "colored" section of the bus. With the "white" section full, a white man wanted her to give up her seat. That is, it was not a matter of protest on any level when she sat down; the protest was in her refusal to give up a seat in the "colored" section."

She was inducted into the Michgan Women's Hall Of Fame not because of this one act, but because she took a stand and wouldn't let this stuff blow over.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

Second, you're thinking of the ####lack party program of the 1990s and not the 1960's revolutionary group. The 1960s group helped inner city kids with a lunch program. They had no problems with jews and even inspired a jewish group in israel call themselves the black panthers and encourage jews to migrate to israel.

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Virtual Fighter Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: --> East Los Angeles, California c-- Posts: 3,047 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who refused to give her seat, yes, but also went on to lead the buss boycotts in montgumery, and basically hand set the spark for what was an end to segregation. Her case helped end segregation in public transportation. "Standard accounts of Parks' act of civil disobedience in 1955 refer to her simply as a "tired seamstress." Parks stated in her autobiography, My Life, that it was not true that she was physically tired but was "tired of giving in." "Many accounts fail to clarify: she was sitting in the "colored" section of the bus. With the "white" section full, a white man wanted her to give up her seat. That is, it was not a matter of protest on any level when she sat down; the protest was in her refusal to give up a seat in the "colored" section." She was inducted into the Michgan Women's Hall Of Fame not because of this one act, but because she took a stand and wouldn't let this stuff blow over. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks Second, you're thinking of the ####lack party program of the 1990s and not the 1960's revolutionary group. The 1960s group helped inner city kids with a lunch program. They had no problems with jews and even inspired a jewish group in israel call themselves the black panthers and encourage jews to migrate to israel. __________________ [img:sig_uid]http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfolders/upload5/uyuyuyu.jpg[/img:sig_uid] [b:sig_uid]Nothing Nice to Say - The World's FIRST Online Punk Comic[/b:sig_uid]