{"id":307,"date":"2015-12-11T20:23:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T20:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourblackheritage.com\/?p=307"},"modified":"2024-09-09T15:03:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T15:03:34","slug":"the-first-lady-of-civil-rights-rosa-parks-recognized-by-president-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourblackheritage.com\/index.php\/the-first-lady-of-civil-rights-rosa-parks-recognized-by-president-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The first lady of civil rights&#8221; Rosa Parks recognized by President Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Rosa-Parks-change.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-309\" src=\"https:\/\/ourblackheritage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Rosa-Parks-change.bmp\" alt=\"Rosa-Parks-change\" width=\"189\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Father&#8217;s rights attorney Jeffery M. Leving received the following\u00a0from President Barack Obama on Dec. 1 in regard to Rosa Parks who changed America by fighting injustice at the Civil Rights Movement sixty years ago:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';\">Rosa Parks held no elected office.\u00a0 She was not born into wealth or power.\u00a0 Yet sixty years ago today, Rosa Parks changed America.\u00a0 Refusing to give up a seat on a segregated bus was the simplest of gestures, but her grace, dignity, and refusal to tolerate injustice helped spark a Civil Rights Movement that spread across America.\u00a0 Just a few days after Rosa Parks\u2019 arrest in Montgomery, Alabama, a little-known, 26 year-old pastor named Martin Luther King Jr. stood by her side, along with thousands of her fellow citizens.\u00a0 Together, they began a boycott.\u00a0 Three-hundred and eighty-five days later, the Montgomery buses were desegregated, and the entire foundation of Jim Crow began to crumble.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';\">Like so many giants of her age, Rosa Parks is no longer with us.\u00a0 But her lifetime of activism \u2013 and her singular moment of courage \u2013 continue to inspire us today.\u00a0 Rosa Parks reminds us that there is always something we can do.\u00a0 It is always within our power to make America better.\u00a0 Because Rosa Parks kept her seat, thousands of ordinary commuters walked instead of rode.\u00a0 Because they walked, countless other quiet heroes marched.\u00a0 Because they marched, our union is more perfect.\u00a0 Today, we remember their heroism.\u00a0 Most of all, we recommit ourselves to continuing their march.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;\">&#8211; President Barack Obama<\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father&#8217;s rights attorney Jeffery M. 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