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In reply to the discussion: In a now locked thread, critical of DUers, critical President Obama ... [View all]FreeState
(10,553 posts)157. I was referring to her specific actions that day
not the long term plan. She was not chosen to take this action on that day, in fact several others had attempted to do what she did with no luck. She saw an opening and took the plan into action - her taking that action on that day had not been planned, hence my calling her actions spontaneous, though I should have clarified what she did had been a plan she was aware of, she took the opportunity.
http://www.adl.org/education/rosa_parks.asp
Though Rosa Parks became the focal point of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the idea for a boycott was conceived at least six years before her arrest. In 1949, Jo Ann Gibson Robinson, an English professor and head of the Womens Political Council (WPC), was ejected from a bus for refusing to move seats and resolved to do something about bus segregation. During the ensuing years, the WPC prepared to stage a bus boycott when the time was ripe and the people were ready. In the months prior to Parks arrest, at least three other African American people had been arrested for refusing to give up their bus seats to white people. When Rosa Parks was arrested, movement leaders made a strategic decision to launch the boycott because they felt Mrs. Parks had the respect and support of her community as well as the fortitude to withstand the racism and publicity that the boycott would generate.
Edit to add:
http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/rosaparks/story.asp
Her action was spontaneous and not pre-meditated, although her previous civil rights involvement and strong sense of justice were obvious influences. "When I made that decision," she said later, I knew that I had the strength of my ancestors with me.
She was arrested and convicted of violating the laws of segregation, known as Jim Crow laws. Mrs. Parks appealed her conviction and thus formally challenged the legality of segregation.
She was arrested and convicted of violating the laws of segregation, known as Jim Crow laws. Mrs. Parks appealed her conviction and thus formally challenged the legality of segregation.
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In a now locked thread, critical of DUers, critical President Obama ... [View all]
1StrongBlackMan
Dec 2012
OP
The initial response was spontaneous, but it was what happened afterward that made the event importa
OmahaBlueDog
Dec 2012
#15
she was naacp secretary. they'd been looking for test cases for a bus boycott for some time
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#98
I don't think the people who participated in that "street action" were particularly "progressive,"
MADem
Dec 2012
#83
No, I am not saying that at all. I am saying that progressive values were not the impetus for the
MADem
Dec 2012
#141
From Bayard Rustin's 'From Montgomery To Stonewall'- just to add more from Rustin, for the OP
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#9
He also knew and spoke at length about the fact that activism toward legislative changes can
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#22
Social Security was incremental. It didn't initially provide universal coverage
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#146
Unbelievable. What I posted is factually correct yet you decide to try and argue.
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#154
bears repeating for the deniers of the very important slights in that initial bill
bigtree
Dec 2012
#164
then your opposition to the ACA health insurance act must follow the same logic
bigtree
Dec 2012
#176
I remember a president sending federal troops to integrate schools in the South
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#3
I'd think that would be because there isn't a complete breakdown in the justice system
bigtree
Dec 2012
#7
You're right, it would be much easier today to organize to fight forced integration
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#52
well, we can't pretend that every initiative and action by the federal government was beneficial
bigtree
Dec 2012
#67
I see the disinfectant working the other way, I grew up in that time and place
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#61
What is the point you are trying to make about Stonewall? Do you know what happened that night?
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#4
I have posted a few links about Stonewall which I do not expect you to have courage to read
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#13
"they didn't do anything but organize others' vs 'it was not planned as the other actions were'.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#36
Well you are not being clear at all. Your OP did not even provide a link for context to the thread
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#58
You are the one who made Stonewall rhetorical football of your screed here today. Not me.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2012
#156
Of course not, you'd rather flame all the Progressives that make up the majority of the board
MessiahRp
Dec 2012
#134
People protested injustice back then b/c they had unbiased reporting that told them about it!
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#29
FDR was bold and progressive, but he left a lot of people out in the cold on Social Security
bigtree
Dec 2012
#46
Thanks for your post. I think some tend to over romanticize the fights of the past.
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2012
#60
Everything you wrote was on the money and substantiated pretty well. Why was the origional locked?
marble falls
Dec 2012
#43
We forget it because it leaves the rest of us out. It is not a valid argument for chained cpi.
madfloridian
Dec 2012
#102
No, Carney does NOT say Obama included exemptions in his proposal. He says he "WOULD" include them..
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#170
Since that's your reply to my reply to the original post that you're quoting there,
Blue_In_AK
Dec 2012
#86
He wasn't criticizing you Jim he was making a humorous comment on the poll worker
grantcart
Dec 2012
#137
It seems like there is not a clear division between "holding feet to the fire" and...
Taverner
Dec 2012
#159
Perfect thread. Your knowledge and sound grasp of the facts is exactly what I've come to expect
Number23
Dec 2012
#166
Correct, change comes from the people, the government does not willingly reform itself.
bemildred
Dec 2012
#177