"She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down."

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"She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down."

Rosa Parks Dies

Today I stand without you I would not

3 stops a man whose complexion matched my grandfathers
Made Blake asked you to get up.
3 others with my other Grandfathers complexion did just that
But you refused

"No I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen."
Police arrived, but could not break this quiet elderly lady who had enough
"I didn't think I should have to. I paid my fare like everybody else."

Amassed beneath those unassuming dimensions
A strength to fuel a movement
While others had fallen, you refused

4 days later, $14 fine
An unknown Rev. led a charge; "we shall overcome"
Boycott, started with your quiet resilience
Ended 381 days later as the walls of injustice came crumbling down

Today I stand
The duty to exist
The duty to stand equally as a citizen
The duty to think to challenge to persevere
The duty to call out injustice
The duty to fight
Because the day I refuse to consent could be that day

"They didn't know what to expect
And they certainly didn't expect someone that quiet.
She sought no limelight
You'd never hear her talking about her own civil rights activities."

"She has saint-like qualities."

Today you have passed as you walked the earth
Quietly
A blare reverberating throughout the world
To announce your saintly presence at the gates of heaven