And the answers fall easier from the barrel of a gun
As they do from the lips of the beautiful and the dumb
The world won't end in darkness it'll end in family fun
with Coca Cola clouds behind a Big Mac sun
Monday, October 31, 2005
Apple tribute to Rosa Parks
Pretty cool, huh? One question though: why is the racist whitey behind her, wearing an Ipod, too?
Rosa Parks began serving as secretary for the NAACP in 1943 and still held that position when she was arrested.
Her refusal to move to the back of the bus wasn't a spontaneous gesture, but a provocation organized by her longtime employer, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
At the time that Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, she had been a very active member of the NAACP for more than a decade. She was well aware that there had already been instances around the south in which blacks had refused to give up bus seats; and she was familiar with discussions within the Montgomery NAACP chapter about how, if a case were to arise in Montgomery, it might be a good idea to organize around it and use it as a way to challenge Montgomery's segregation laws in the courts.
So.. this is not a picture of the actual incident. It was taken later for an interview and the poor man posing behind her is the interviewer, not some shitbag racist. Great Picutre, thanks for posting!
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Rosa Parks began serving as secretary for the NAACP in 1943 and still held that position when she was arrested.
Her refusal to move to the back of the bus wasn't a spontaneous gesture, but a provocation organized by her longtime employer, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
At the time that Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, she had been a very active member of the NAACP for more than a decade. She was well aware that there had already been instances around the south in which blacks had refused to give up bus seats; and she was familiar with discussions within the Montgomery NAACP chapter about how, if a case were to arise in Montgomery, it might be a good idea to organize around it and use it as a way to challenge Montgomery's segregation laws in the courts.
So.. this is not a picture of the actual incident. It was taken later for an interview and the poor man posing behind her is the interviewer, not some shitbag racist.
Great Picutre, thanks for posting!
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