Wednesday, February 20, 2008
GRTC Honors Legacy of Rosa Parks
All day today, the Greater Richmond Transit System is honoring the life and legacy of Ms. Rosa Parks by reserving the first seat on the bus in her honor.
Parks is best known for refusing to give up her bus seat on public tansit, for which she was arrested. This kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
This begs the question: why is GRTC doing this today? Rosa Parks was a woman of courage whose actions brought us greater equality, and we can be thankful. But why is she being remembered today? Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 and died on October 24, 2005. She refused to give up her seat on December 1, 1955. So wouldn't it be more appropriate to recognize her on December 1 or February 4?
Parks is best known for refusing to give up her bus seat on public tansit, for which she was arrested. This kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
This begs the question: why is GRTC doing this today? Rosa Parks was a woman of courage whose actions brought us greater equality, and we can be thankful. But why is she being remembered today? Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 and died on October 24, 2005. She refused to give up her seat on December 1, 1955. So wouldn't it be more appropriate to recognize her on December 1 or February 4?
# posted by Steven Latimer : 12:59 PM
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