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10:10 pm EST October 24th, 2005 | News | 7 Comments

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Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Dead At 92

Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has died, Local 4 has learned.

Parks, 92, reportedly died around 7 p.m. Monday at St. John Hospital on Detroit’s east side.

Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 landed her in jail and sparked a bus boycott that is considered the start of the modern civil rights movement. The bus is on display at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn.

Parks, was born Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala. She lived in Detroit.

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7 Responses to “Trailblazer”

  1. Diamond LeGrande says:
    October 24, 2005 at 10:10 pm

    Wow. A tip o’the glass to Rosa. She was someone whose courage in the right place at the right time made a difference.

  2. scratch says:
    October 24, 2005 at 11:10 pm

    So long to a tiny giant.

  3. frameone says:
    October 24, 2005 at 11:10 pm

    R.I.P.

  4. JD says:
    October 25, 2005 at 12:10 am

    People with this type of intestinal fortitude are few and far between. She is owed a debt of gratitude by all.

  5. alh ipinions says:
    October 25, 2005 at 7:10 am

    Notwithstanding the efforts of M L King and other purported black leaders, Rosa Parks simple act of civil disobedience (refusing give up her bus seat for a white man) was the tipping point in the advancement of civil rights in America. She should inspire us all to appreciate how ordinary personal courage can lead to extraordinary public legacies.

    God bless you Ms Parks!

  6. Frank_D says:
    October 25, 2005 at 10:10 am

    Unfortunately, she probably will be forgotten. The way history is taught nowadays, and the lack of academic standards all the way through College make it highly unlikely that even her name will survive beyond our lifetimes.

    Ask the average person what the “Red Ball Express” had to do with civil rights, or even who the first black baseball player was, and you’ll see what I mean.

    Sad, but true.

  7. LaurenceIFOC says:
    October 25, 2005 at 4:10 pm

    Her simple act of greatness and humilty makes the current generation’s circus of so-called activists and advocates all the more shameful, greedy, and malignant.