December 1 is ROsa Parks day. Natural Medicine joins all those who honor truth and justice and remebers Rosa Parks, a seamstress, whose act of courage on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 was a bright spark that helped ignite the civil rights movement and changed history. The image and act of this demure woman standing up in a powerful act of non-violence to the feared and violent forces of segragation was a call to action heard around the globe. Thank You Rosa.

Parks’s action showed how one person could make a profound difference. Her courage and conviction inspired others, including Martin Luther King Jr., to that nonviolence and civil disobedience was the way to move society.

Rosa Louise Parks earned her title a the “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement.” By not giving up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus, Rosa Parks started a protest that was felt throughout the United States and the world. Rosa’s quiet and courageous persistence changed the course of history.

Learn More About Rosa Parks:
Academy of Achievement
wikipedia.org
questia.com