Fifty eight years ago today, Rosa Parks kicked off a plan to bring down Jim Crow segregation by refusing to move to the back of the bus. @ShawneeSoc sent us a link to the Washington Post, where they featured her original arrest documents. A very cool piece of history.
Bonus, here’s the law that Parks was arrested for violating and an explanation (thanks to Martín A. for the link):
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Bill R — December 1, 2013
Earth-shattering for America. Thanks for posting...
All of the social ills we face today are put in perspective by these 2 pages.
The first word that came to mind after look this over was Obama. Interesting to see the ad at the bottom of this page as I type is reactionary: "Middle Class To Be Crushed By Obamacare Taxes". If this kind of crap can appear here, I know we've got a long way to go.
Kelly H — December 1, 2013
I was briefly confused by the diagram of the bus, then I remembered that driving on the right means the doors go over there too.