Rosa Parks

One thing to keep in mind about Rosa Parks is that through her braveness and resolution to stand for what's right we all have a better nation with equality for all.  Those of us with mental disorders owe Rosa Parks a great deal of gratitude.  When Rosa Parks sparked the civil rights movement, the movement that ensued did much more then just bring forth equality for blacks.  What Rosa Parks did was spark a movement for every person in the United States that are either a part of a minority or in fact have some form of disability.

Every movement towards equality has its roots deep in Alabama in the 1950’s.  If Rosa Parks had not refused to give up her seat that day nearly fifty years ago, December 1st, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, the road to true equality and freedom in this country may have taken a great deal of time longer to start.  Rosa Parks was the spark that lit a flame.

What Rosa Parks did moved a young Baptist preacher to move to action.  That young Baptist preacher was the Reverend Martin Luther King.  What the Reverend Martin Luther King did was to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott.  The Montgomery Bus Boycott spread throughout the nation and a year after Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat to a white man, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that segregation on public transportation was indeed unconstitutional.  

What happened after that landmark court ruling would take books and books to record.  So many people have received so much more freedom due in part to what one black seamstress did that one fateful day in 1955.  Through it all Rosa Parks remained very humble.  What an incredible lady Rosa Parks was.  Rosa Parks was a lady that so many people such as myself owe so very much too.

It’s a good thing that there is no conception of time in Heaven because I truly believe that there is going to be a long line of people waiting to say “Thanks” to Rosa Parks.  I just thank God that He gave us Rosa Parks for 92 years.

Rosa Parks
1912-2005