人兽性交 statement on Alabama house passing bill honoring Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is a national hero, but she is not recognized that way in her home state of Alabama.
Her simple act of defiance on Dec. 1, 1955 鈥� refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus to a white man 鈥� sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which set the stage for the civil rights movement across the United States.
Parks鈥� life encompassed so much more than her seminal moment on that bus. From investigating the brutal rape of a black woman in Abbeville, Alabama, on behalf of the NAACP, to serving as a longtime staffer for a member of Congress, she has been rightly honored on the national stage.
Parks earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom. A statue of her 鈥� dedicated posthumously 鈥� sits comfortably in the halls of the U.S. Congress, which has named her the "first lady of civil rights."
However, Alabama has fallen short in recognizing Parks鈥� many contributions to society.
By naming Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day in her honor, this bill rightly would allow Alabama to begin to recognize her in the same way that she has been honored nationwide.
