Paying tribute or trivializing?Rosa Parks Noun 1. Rosa Parks - United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913) Parks , a civil rights symbol in life, has become a marketing phenomenon since her death in 2005, with Parks memorabilia mem·o·ra·bil·i·a pl.n. 1. Objects valued for their connection with historical events, culture, or entertainment: posters, publicity photographs, and other movie memorabilia. 2. showing up everywhere. Books, posters, and replica Earlier document exchange software from Farallon Communications, Inc. that converted a Windows or Mac document into a proprietary viewing format. The viewer could be distributed separately or embedded within the document itself, turning it into a single-document viewer. buses are for sale at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., where the bus on which Parks refused to give up her seat 51 years ago is on display. Unauthorized items on eBay include dog tags dog tag n. 1. A metal identification disk attached to a dog's collar. 2. A metal identification tag worn on a chain around the neck by members of the armed forces. Noun 1. , buttons, and coffee mugs. Parks's estate finds it impossible to stop everyone who wants to profit from her image, and is currently in dispute with surviving family members who want a say in the matter. Licensing experts say there are millions of dollars to be made by whoever controls Parks's likeness. |
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