So Long, Rosa Parks
Base10 didn't get a chance to mention this yesterday, but 92 year-old Rosa Parks passed away Monday. The original I-will-not-sit-in-the-back-of-the-bus civil rights icon, Parks passed away quietly of natural causes with family by her side.

While many reject the race-baiting politics of the so-called "civil rights movement" that has been co-opted today by the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, Rosa Parks was a real hero. She was not--as some retellings of the incident suggest--a mere hourly worker that was simply fed up. She was very active in the NAACP and had been involved in similar incidents before. This does not of course detract from here legacy. It's easy to be brave about these issues now. Back then, Rosa Parks risked life and limb to do it. She deserves a lot of respect.
- posted by Base10 @ 8:52 AM