EDITORIAL AN AMERICAN HERO.Rosa Parks' legacy will never dieTHE world lost a true American hero American Hero may refer to:
Parks , considered by many to be the mother of the civil-rights movement. But, in a very real sense, Parks will never die. She is a woman who will live in history as the person who sparked the civil-rights struggle of the 20th century with a simple act of courage on Dec. 1, 1955. The diminutive seamstress and activist became world famous when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, thus defying the racist Jim Crow laws Jim Crow laws, in U.S. history, statutes enacted by Southern states and municipalities, beginning in the 1880s, that legalized segregation between blacks and whites. The name is believed to be derived from a character in a popular minstrel song. of the day. She was arrested, and her fight became the rallying cry Noun 1. rallying cry - a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'" war cry, watchword, battle cry, cry catchword, motto, shibboleth, slogan - a favorite saying of a sect or political group 2. of all black Americans who were no longer going to put up with sitting at the back of the bus, and for Americans of all races who were no longer going to tolerate bigotry in their land. It took tremendous courage to stand in the face of the entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. racism of her time, and that's why Rosa Parks' name has resonated so loudly and so long for Americans. Heroically, she called on the country to live up to its founding ideals. Parks showed us all that even individual acts of bravery and good conscience can, indeed, change the world. |
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