Rosa Parks
Richard Morris Rodriques Jr recently sent me some additional information on Rosa Parkes who in December 1955 was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her action acted as a powerful catalyst in the Civil Rights movement.
Earlier the same year Parkes, who was also secretary to the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP, had attended a workshop on school desegration run by the Highlander Folk School.
Highlander was founded in 1932 in order to help the labor movement in the south east United States but in 1953 changed its focus towards Civil Rights. While it is certainly true that Parks felt tired after a day’s work when she refused to give up her seat she had already been sensitized to issues of civil rights.
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By Richard Rodrigues, August 21, 2009 @ 11:28 am
Thank David, for posting this info about Rosa Parks and the Highlander Folk School (now called the Highlander Research and Education Center). Highlander’s website is http://www.highlandercenter.org/
Mahalo, and I hope this info is found by readers who are craving more news about it!