I have removed my original posting to Chit Chat and under title "A Lady to be Admired".

Nightrider.

With ya on that one Nightrider, she was one brave lady

well said NightRider and we salute Rosa Parks with you -very brave lady! The subject is close to my heart.
Her passing made me think of another of my heros 'Martin Luther King'!
Rest in peace Rosa
ellie & hub

elle wrote:well said NightRider and we salute Rosa Parks with you -very brave lady! The subject is close to my heart.
Her passing made me think of another of my heros 'Martin Luther King'!
Rest in peace Rosa
ellie & hub

Ellie,

We have so very much in common and one other you know of close to me...but her style is much quieter than mine....but nevertheless just as affective.....I like to think a chip of the old block...(well not so much of the old )

Dr King was one hell of a guy....but then they shut up or try to shut up anyone like him..... who is really good in this world and stands for simply loving their fellow man..........Divided we fall...United we stand amen.

Kind Regards to you both. Nightrider.

Whilst we're all shedding a slightly self-regarding tear, let's spare a moment in remembering her sister, Nashnulcar.

Name: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks

Birth: February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, to James and Leona McCauley

Childhood: Grew up on a small farm with her brother, mother, and grandparents.

Don't see a sister mentioned in her biography!!!!!!!!!

Andrew Young wrote:Whilst we're all shedding a slightly self-regarding tear, let's spare a moment in remembering her sister, Nashnulcar.

Andrew,

What point are trying to make!

Nightrider.

sharen crane, ur sig
"If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried."

is totaly wrong and sounds like only weak ppl would say something like that, if you really live by that phrase then i wish you good luck

nightrider i never knew this side of you i like it!
very nice post and very brave lady indeed! hard to believe she got arrested for it...

duuude! wrote:sharen crane, ur sig
"If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried."

is totaly wrong and sounds like only weak ppl would say something like that, if you really live by that phrase then i wish you good luck

nightrider i never knew this side of you i like it!
very nice post and very brave lady indeed! hard to believe she got arrested for it...

Duuude, if the "powers that be" had the faintest idea what her arrest would lead to, they would have killed her.

There was a long history of blacks dying at the hands of whites in the Deep South.
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/afr ... nching.htm


For an example, here's the story of Emmet Till....
http://www.africanaonline.com/emmett_till_the_boy.htm

[quote="duuude!"]sharen crane, ur sig is totaly wrong and sounds like only weak ppl would say something like that, if you really live by that phrase then i wish you good luck [quote]

It is ironic dud!!!

Back to the subject of Rosa Parks. She was indeed a brave woman and yes Cowboy had the "powers that be" realised what her actions would trigger off I have no doubt they would have killed her.

It's quite interesting to find a 20 something who seems to have no idea of exactly what went on in the States, or for that matter the rest of the world, during the fight for Civil Rights

duuude! wrote:sharen crane, ur sig
"If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried."

is totaly wrong and sounds like only weak ppl would say something like that, if you really live by that phrase then i wish you good luck

nightrider i never knew this side of you i like it!
very nice post and very brave lady indeed! hard to believe she got arrested for it...

Hi duuude,

Thank you for your kind words sir...and "Never Judge A BOOK BY IT's COVER" Nightrider

Hi Cowboy or Ellie (or anyone)...

Ref: Andrew Young Guest's posting re: "Nashnulcar".... out of interest have you any information who the above named was! In that I can find no reference to the fact that she was a sister of Mrs Rosa Parks or even any reference to her at all! I have requested this information from Andrew but as you can see to date has not replied

Nightrider

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Sharen Crane wrote:Name: Rosa Louise McCauley Parks

Birth: February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, to James and Leona McCauley

Childhood: Grew up on a small farm with her brother, mother, and grandparents.

Don't see a sister mentioned in her biography!!!!!!!!!

Nightrider

I looked on Google for Rosa Parks Biography and there was no mention of a sister at all! It makes me wonder if she was a sister in the sisterhood sense rather than biological. If its any consolation I couldn't find any reference to Nashnulcar either!!

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