Release of Rosa Parks writings reveals surprises about civil rights icon
Almost everyone knows the story of Rosa Parks, the civil rights activist who earned her place in history by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in 1955 in Montgomery, Ala. But many do not know that Ms. Parks was a prolific writer who took every occasion to jot down her thoughts and prayers on any scrap of paper she could find – or that for years after her husband’s death, she wore her hair in long braids in his memory.
Now, many of these details about the life of the woman who received a Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom are being unveiled. ...
The collection also reveals her support for some of the more radical actions of Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, and the Wilmington Ten, a group of activists convicted in North Carolina of arson and conspiracy, the Associated Press reported. ...
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