Monday, December 1, 2025

On Rosa Parks Day

 

"You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right." ~ Rosa Parks

Today's Rosa Parks Day, the 70th anniversary of the day she was jailed for disorderly conduct ... for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger. I'd always heard that she was just too tired from her work as a seamstress to get up and stand for the remainder of her bus ride, but that's not the case. In her words, "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in."

Read more here:

https://npg.si.edu/blog/tired-giving

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