Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) wis eenEefrican-Eemerican Ceevil Reetsactivist, whom theYank Congreess cried "The first lassie o civil rights" and "The maw o' freedom meevemeent".[1]
Awn December 1, 1955, eenMontgomeree, Eelabama, Parks jus wouldnae sit doon.James F. Blake telt her tae stop bein a big hoor an tae give up her seat in the darkie section to a proper passeenger, after the white section was filled. Parks wasnae the first person to cause a bus kerfuffle. Others had taken the piss n aw, includingBayard Rustin in 1942,[2]Irene Morgan in 1946,Sarah Louise Keys in 1952, and the members of the ultimately successfulBrowder v. Gayle lawsuit (Claudette Colvin,Aurelia Browder,Susie McDonald, anMary Louise Smith) who was arrested in Montgomeree for nae geen up their bus seats months afore Parks.
