On December 1, 1955, Rosa wouldn't move to the back of the bus. Literally. This act of defiance in the face of injustice and racism had been done before...three others that history records, all women, had done before what Rosa did in Montgomery, Alabama. And Rosa was the one that the NAACP thought could best endure a legal battle that would be the result of this act of civil disobedience.
You can Google her name and read all about Rosa Parks and the difference she made in this country.
When I think back on her, I think of a woman who was fearless.
And so, in honor and remembrance of this woman, here are some thoughts about "fearless."
"You never make the 'great' at anything by playing it safe." A line spoken by Jonathon Winters, playing the character Fats Brown, in "A Game of Pool" on The Twilight Zone TV show.
"If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls." From Maya Angelou.
"Courage is the best defense you have now." Gandolf, in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
"We wouldn't do much if we didn't do things that nobody ever heard of before." Laura Ingalls Wilder in The Long Winter.
"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we might win, by fearing to attempt." The Bard, Shakespeare.
Happy Birthday, Rosa Parks!
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