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IL S - Ro Par . the m ther f
the reedom M ment will spe t the
Ro Beatty High S h I, Ca po li ,
June .. 5 t 7 p.m.
o a resident of Detroit r. P r
rned her title of other of the Free­
dom 0 ment when she refused to
move to the back of the bu in ontgom­
ery, I 0' 1955. Th t refusal sp rked a
bu boycott nd the first of the m ny
non-violent civil rights demonstrations
of the late 1950' early 1960' th tIed
to th civil rights legislation.
In 1955, on the day r. Par s
refu d to move from her at she
s employed a a am re for the
Fair tore. She has explained that she
a 't con iou y aking out a claim
for ju ice - her feet were tired. # •
Under the J irn Crow la s Bla ks
ere required to sit in a ction behind
the mar ed ' hite only" front at
of bu. A the' hites only" at
filled up Black were required to move
ba makin room for white .
On that hi oric d yr. P r
a the fourth per n in the front ro
of the "Jim Crow" ti n. 0 white
mal s or female supposed to
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Prize
ith the
one of the m ny rvice pro-
je ts which Sorority on r
in th community e ch year. Their
nd motto i er . e to all n indo
Janet Crump i President and Patri i
pr vided by D vid Rodez is Ch irper n of nior Citizen
ctivity.
c
co
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in IV -rnemb r committee of tate
1 i tor th t prorni to I into
the 1 ttery.
In it ten year of e i tence the
tt ry h n ver b en lu ted, Y un
inted ut.
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nlv ti n. The white only tion
w s fill d and the bus driver ordered
th four Bl to move b c .
True of the Bl
Ro Park rem ined
male who anted. the at ould not
it long Bl c occupied a at in
the me row, even though
parated them.
en r. Par s a ain refu d to
move, the police ere c ned she
arrested nd jailed.
The ont ornery Improvement
ci tion with youn mini t r, Rev. ar­
tin Luther in Jr., S it head c lled for
boycott of the bu S.
The boycott proyed to b almo t
100% ucce ul a Bl c
car pool u d church buse
for almost a year.
Th boycott introduced th philo-
ophy u d by Ghandi in India - p Vi
resistance. That technique spre d
cro the South to att c Jim Cro
la s governing atef fount in re t
roem lunch counter train bu
- the hole souther instituti n of Jim
Cro parate but equal.
nual
uncheo
e. _
persued thi vocatio
She a n acti e p rti ip nt in civi
acriviti s and in tn mo ment for tter­
th lives of her race nd fello men.
Her hu band, the 1 te Raymond
a lid roc of pport behind
r of
re ealed th t non of the
re held
9 a
a e
recipi nt of
otable citations plaues a rd
certific te. Sh ha reeived the artin
Luther in Jr on-Violent Peace A rd,
Honor ry Do tor of Hum ne Letter,_
itney Youn rd. certi 1 te
of merit, omans Sen te nd m n
others.
Ro P r 's C poli ppe r n e
be in by th Fr n in
under the le der-
u ill b
On .
t th
door.
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erre s
r d in er I
th m ne
r tr inin
t .
add-
pointed out that h ha
b en concerned f r a Ion tim
th am unt of money Bla
nd number ere h r
rn nd they ill be h r
ne." h dded. "Th
n luded ttl t it i a d
if it n
probl m uld
