Tag Archives: Montgomery

Happy Birthday Rosa Parks, 2022 (repost)

Posted on February 4, 2022 by David S. Meyer

(In thinking about this repost, I want to encourage readers to take a look at the link to To Tell the Truth, the tv game show. The celebrities questioning three older Black women didn’t know her–except for Nipsey Russell, a Black … Continue reading →

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Capitol invasion splits badly for Republicans

Posted on January 10, 2021 by David S. Meyer

The dramatic, destructive, and disturbing attack on the Capitol building, incited by Donald Trump, and resulting (so far) in 5 deaths, doesn’t seem to be working out too well for Trump or his supporters. Protest polarizes. Social movements and their … Continue reading →

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Rosa Parks bus defiance, anniversary.

Posted on December 1, 2020 by David S. Meyer

Today’s entry reposts on the anniversary of Rosa Parks’s refusal to move to the back of a Montgomery bus. Fifty-seven (now, 61) years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.  When local activists learned about … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Rosa Parks (2019)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by David S. Meyer

(In thinking about this repost, I want to encourage readers to take a look at the link to To Tell the Truth, the tv game show. These days, her face is far more familiar, but her long term efforts are … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Rosa Parks (2017)

Posted on February 4, 2017 by David S. Meyer

Happy birthday, Rosa Parks!  Born on February 4, 1913, Parks was not a tired old lady in 1955, when she refused to move to the back of the bus.  She was an experienced and committed activist, deeply tied into the … Continue reading →

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Rosa Parks resistance, anniversary.

Posted on December 1, 2016 by David S. Meyer

Today’s entry reposts on the anniversary of Rosa Parks’s refusal to move to the back of a Montgomery bus.   Fifty-seven (now, 61) years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.  … Continue reading →

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More flags

Posted on March 11, 2015 by David S. Meyer

Participants in the flag debate around my campus note that the American flag has been deployed in the service of heroic causes and of less heroic and admirable efforts.  The truth is that if you can’t find the flag used … Continue reading →

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Remembering more of Rosa Parks

Posted on February 2, 2013 by David S. Meyer

At The New York Times, columnist Charles Blow is promoting a new biography of Rosa Parks.  Jenane Theoharis’s The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Beacon) extends the story of the civil rights icon, undermining the myth of spontaneity surrounding … Continue reading →

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December 1, 1955

Posted on November 30, 2012 by David S. Meyer

Fifty-seven years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.  When local activists learned about her arrest, they organized a city-wide boycott and filed a lawsuit, kicking an emerging civil rights … Continue reading →

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