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More than from slavery to free- that, she taught us that dom. we are all able to bring This eulogy was about God's teaching. delivered immediately This was perhaps the following the recitation greatest aspect of her of Psalm 27, the first action. It was inspira- psalm recited at Rosa Rabbi Samue tional. We can all, no Parks' memorial. Herzfeld matter how insignifi- Why did the memori- Special cant we think we are; al organizers choose to Commentary change the world. A recite Psalm 27? seamstress in Alabama Perhaps because of the can change the world, and so following verse: "I had but one can you — and so can I. request of God, which I seek, to In teaching us this, she sit in the House of God for all changed the face of America the days of my life." forever. Her actions transcended Like the psalmist, Sister Rosa, the civil rights movement. too, desired to sit. But it is big Through her passive resistance, mistake to think that all she she taught us all that real power wanted to do was to sit on a lies not with armies and guns, Montgomery, Ala., bus on Dec. but with integrity and God. 1, 1955. What she really wanted Even the most entrenched rul- to do was to sit in equality in all ing power in the world cannot walks of life. What she really defeat the heart of a committed wanted was for all of us to be human being. Human dignity able to sit in the House of God. and equality will triumph. Rosa Parks showed the world Through her actions, she gave that the House of God is any- courage to so many others, in where that human beings both the private and public behave with dignity, courage sphere, who were able to stand and recognition of the Divine up for their beliefs. How fitting Image in each other. that she became the first women Those of us who were born to lie in the Capitol Rotunda! after the civil rights movement I now understand why the achieved its greatest successes memorial organizers placed a have a difficult time under- Jewish prayer at the very begin- standing what Rosa Parks ning of the service. By not get- accomplished. Racism surely ting up on that bus, Sister Rosa existed all around us, but it was taught us that we all have a seat removed from the institutional in the House of the Lord — Jew, life of cities across America. Muslim and Christian. This was due to Rosa Parks. 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