Rosa Parks had a GOD idea, but it was a simple one: She didn't want to sit in the back of the bus. Of course, this took place in Alabama at a time when segregation was the law of the land & Blacks were expected to do what White people told them to do. But it had been a long day for Ms. Parks & she did not want to have to sit in the bumpy, noisy, smelly, uncomfortable back of this particular bus. So she sat down in the front. Then a White man got on the bus & demanded that she move back. There was even room for him to sit anywhere he wanted, but what he wanted was for Ms. Parks to move from the front of the bus. The bus driver stopped the bus & asked her to move, & she STILL would not move. They called the police, & she STILL wouldn't move. So the police had no choice but to put her in jail, all for the fact that she stood firm for her right to stay seated in the front of the bus instead of at the back, even though it was against the law at that time.
That was EXACTLY what GOD wanted! Rosa Parks' unwillingness to move became both a national issue & a national symbol during a very turbulent time in America. It helped galvanize the Civil Rights Movement & change America forever. Without Ms. Parks' firm stance on that bus in Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. may not have rose to the global prominence he eventually became in the fight for peace & human equality. Rosa Parks truly & forever was a GREAT AMERICAN & we should always give her thanks from Heaven above for her tall stance on that faithful day on the bus!
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