In the early 1950s; Rosa Parks-who was born in Tuskegee; Alabama; and worked as a seamstress most of her life- became active in the American Civil Rights Movement and worked as a secretary for the Montgomery branch of the NAACP. She also attended the Highlander Folk School; an education center for workers' rights and racial equality. On December 1; 1955; in Montgomery; Parks refused to obey a public bus driver's orders to give up her seat in the "colored" section of the bus to a white man. She was arrested; tried; and convicted for disorderly conduct. Partially in response to her arrest; Martin Luther King; Jr.; then a relatively unknown Baptist minister; led the yearlong Montgomery bus boycott; which forced the public transportation authority to end the practice of racial segregation on public buses. This event helped spark many other protests against segregation. Meanwhile; in 1956; Parks's case ultimately resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that segregated bus service was unconstitutional. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks' brave act of civil disobedience. The Montgomery Advertiser presents a tribute to Ms. Parks and the impact her stand against inequality had on civil rights; illustrated with rich stories and stunning photos from the archives of the Advertiser.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Excellent readBy Barbara H. Whitfield co-author of Timeless Troubadours; The Moody Blues Music and MessageI have had a Near-Death Experience and went on to research the experience at UConn Medical School. What I experienced and what the 100s that weinterviewed experienced is in alignment with this well written book.Rabbi Dosick explains in a beautiful way about how IT is all one God. My heart was so filled by his explanations that I had to buy the CD too.All together this is a spiritual experience that excludes no one! And fills the reader/listener with what near-death experiencers are tryingto tell us. God is always God and the action of God is Unconditional Love. So when we live Unconditional Love we are in touch with the Godin us! Hard to explain but Everywhere and in everyone.This book comes as close as I have read; to explain the Oneness and Love that is God.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A brilliant treatise on the name of GodBy Gwendolyn PlanoRabbi Dosick's research leads him to discover the name of the all-loving and all encompassing God. This discovery shifts the focus from a hierarchical notion of the Divine to an intimate; mystical awareness of Love itself. As the book draws to a close; readers are left with the hope that Rabbi Dosick's discovery might provide a doorway through which Jews; Christians and Muslims might walk -- together. One God; one people.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Dennis Mark BurgessGreat Book. Thanks
