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    Rest in Peace, Rosa Parks

    Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks has passed away at the age of 92.

    http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/24/parks.obit/index.html

    By all accounts, she was a woman of strong convictions and gentle nature, and a person of real class.

    Rest in Peace, Rosa Parks.

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    I just posted about this on another site, Karen.

    Rest in peace, Rosa. You made an enormous difference in the lives of so many.

    You will be missed.

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    What a life to have led.
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    Oh! I'd missed this news. I admired her greatly...
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    She was indeed a brave woman! God Bless Her. Her courage and determination made great strides for humanity.



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    She was one great lady

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    Quote Originally Posted by K9karen
    She was indeed a brave woman! God Bless Her. Her courage and determination made great strides for humanity.
    Amen to that. RIP Rosa...
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    RIP Rosa.

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    I saw that on the news last night! How sad truly, but she definitely led a full and wonderful life! She will be missed but she is in such a better place now!

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    Rosa Parks was one of the best examples of a person practicing peaceful civil disobedience. From that small gesture of not moving, she started something quite grand.

    RIP, Rosa.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RICHARD
    The back of the bus wasn't such a bad place.

    That's only because you had a choice in the matter!

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    RIP Rosa Parks.

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    It's wierd . . . we had a "living legend" in our community, Ella Ramsey . . . she was a civil rights leader in our area. She died Sunday. She was 100.

    A quote from her pastor that was in today's paper:

    “Ella Ramsey was one of Ashland's leading citizens,” he said. “She promoted the cause of human and civil rights by both words and example. A leader of her political party, a marcher with Martin Luther King Jr., in Frankfort in 1964, a founder and participant in Martin Luther King Day as celebrated in Ashland, a personal friend to me and a friend to all who knew her ... she will be missed.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by Karen
    That's only because you had a choice in the matter!

    Yes, Thanks to Ms Parks!!

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    I heard about this on the news yesterday. Rosa Parks has certainly made an impact on the world, she wouldn't be pushed around! I agree with everything she stood for, and I hope that people have learned from her. If only there were more like her!!

    Rosa, rest in peace!



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