12-1-1955

[ARMCX1]

Today is 57th anniversary of Rosa Park's refusal to give up her bus seat.

The photo shows a picture of President Obama sitting in that very bus.

 

[Friday13]

Excellent! Thanx.

 

[MaryAnne]

***** for you) A great reminder of what President Obama is!

 

[Jen]

So was it December 1st, 2nd or 3rd? I posted this picture on the 2nd and got a lot of flack for it. This post of yours will no doubt be received in a better way.

As I said in my post.......... there is no better way for President Obama to mark that occasion.

 

[GordonGecko]

Always a good reminder for those on the Right (who for "whatever" reason) like to say "Obama's half WHITE too, you know"....

to ask them WHERE on that Alabama bus he would have been told to sit in 1955, if he had been around then?

"the middle"???

 

[EatTheRich]

I read something interesting in the book Defying Dixie (which I don't have any more). It seems a Black student activist (I don't remember her name) went to the South in the 1940s, specifically to challenge the segregated buses. She was assured of support by the NAACP. However, when she was arrested it transpired that "she" was traveling in male guise (i.e., presenting as a male) and traveling with her (his) female lover. In other words, the student was probably what today we would call a transman, and if not was at the very least a Lesbian with strong deviation from socially normative gender roles. When this was discovered, the NAACP went back on its promise to support her (him). Of course, given the pervasive homophobia and transphobia in the U.S. at the time, for the NAACP to take on this case would've been organizationally suicidal. The student involved went on to prove her (his) mettle as an organizer including in the 1963 March on Washington--so maybe if not for homophobia and transphobia, Jim Crow would've been brought down 10-15 years earlier.

 

[JackDallas]

And also what a phony piece of shit he is.

 

[888888]

Look i9n a mirrow if you really want to see that Jack!

were there any black buss drivers in those days Jack?

 

[Abner]

Obama is a good person. Personally I like him as a president but the last decision of him that was the attack on Sham was really disappointed. I think that was the wrong decision.

HCG Drops

 

[ARMCX1]

Obama is a good person. Personally I like him as a president but the last decision of him that was the attack on Sham was really disappointed. I think that was the wrong decision.

Welcome to Political Jack Abner.

 

[Sunset Rose]

And also what a phony piece of shit he is.

How is he phony?

 

[Sunset Rose]

Always a good reminder for those on the Right (who for "whatever" reason) like to say "Obama's half WHITE too, you know"....

to ask them WHERE on that Alabama bus he would have been told to sit in 1955, if he had been around then?

"the middle"???

I think he would have had to sit in the back.