Mrs. Parks, is famous for her refusal to move seats to let a white person sit down on the 1st of December in 1955. Which triggered the famous montgomery bus boycott one of the largest and most successful mass m
Boycotting public transportation, and starting protests is not all Rosa Parks is remembered for. She is also remembered as a selfless person, willing to do anything to help others. One of her most famous quotes is “ I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, so...
Autograph Letter Signed ("Rosa Parks") mentioning King's "I Have a Dream" speech, 1 p, 8vo, n.p., July 6, 1994, to Todd Mueller and friend, minor toning to sheet, matted with portrait and framed. In full: " I was in Washington, D.C. and heard Dr. King's
Her life and her brave actions reminded each and every one of us of our personal responsibilities to stand up for what's right and the central truth of the American experience that our greatness as a nation derives from seemingly ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Rosa Parks' life was...
Rosa Parks' life was a lesson in perseverance. As a child, she grew up listening to the Ku Klux Klan ride by her house, fearing that her house would be burned down. In her small hometown in Alabama, she attended a one-room school for African-American children that only went through th...
Sylvia Rivera was one of the “street queens” living in New York, and is known as one of the most famous street youth who fought back during the police raid at Stonewall. Modern day, Rivera has come to personify the aspirations and flaws of the modern gay liberation movement. 1284 Words...