# Rosa Parks died today at age 92 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763 "2005-10-25T02:37:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/41 "2005-10-25T18:11:50Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Here you go. 🙂 Also from the NYT, [which I should’ve just linked to earlier](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/national/25parks.html) (this is on the second page): Thank you for that article. It goes into great detail. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/42 "2005-10-25T18:30:41Z")
You know, I’m trying to get myself into a mindset where it is okay and acceptable and legal to treat other people as second class citizens simply because of the color of their skin. I’m unable to do it. I cannot comprehend that there was ever a time that this was considered par for the course, no big deal, just the way it is. It’s like asking me to contemplate the infinity of the universe. I can’t get my head wrapped around such a concept. We’ve come a long way. Thanks, Rosa. Rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/43 "2005-10-25T18:54:55Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Here you go. 🙂 Also from the NYT, [which I should’ve just linked to earlier](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/national/25parks.html) (this is on the second page): Fascinating article. Any more info on Browder vs Gale, the actual SCOTUS case that outlawed segregation on buses? I thought it would be Parks v City of Montgomery or somthing. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/44 "2005-10-25T18:57:06Z")
I grew up in Boston when racial prejudice was de facto. I can remember as a child wondering “Why?” It never made any sense to me. I can honestly say I am the least prejudiced person I know. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/45 "2005-10-25T19:48:06Z")
Essentially, Rosa Parks [belled the cat](http://petcaretips.net/aesop_fable.html). ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/46 "2005-10-25T19:49:20Z")
She’ll get the best seat in the house tonight, God bless her. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/47 "2005-10-25T20:02:44Z")
In [this thread, Tacky Headlines to Future Celebrity Deaths](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=326413&page=2&pp=50) I made a bold prediction about Rosa Parks. Well, okay, it wasn’t a prediction, but a quip. Still, it’ll be interesting to see what happens: > [@Fish](#): > > Rosa Parks Buried At Front of Cemetery ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/48 "2005-10-25T20:04:27Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > In [this thread, Tacky Headlines to Future Celebrity Deaths](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=326413&page=2&pp=50) I made a bold prediction about Rosa Parks. Well, okay, it wasn’t a prediction, but a quip. Still, it’ll be interesting to see what happens: Doesn’t even seem tacky, kind of nice in a way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/49 "2005-10-25T20:51:52Z")
I read in an interview years and years ago with one of the writers of Seinfeld that they had considered an episode in which Kramer, in one of his selfish modes, makes an old lady move to the back of the bus and it turns out to be Rosa Parks, but they decided against it since it would have gotten headlines but also a lot of hate mail and death threats probably. Still, if Rosa Parks had consented to play herself, it could have been good. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/50 "2005-10-25T22:37:29Z")
> [@](#): > > On August 30, 1994, at age eighty one, Rosa Parks was attacked in her Detroit home by **Joseph Skipper, who is also African American**. The incident created outrage throughout America. Skipper was arrested and charged with various breaking and entering offenses against Parks and other neighborhood victims. He confessed to the crime and when recounting the sequence of events said he didn’t know he was in Parks’s home but recognized her after entering. Skipper asked, “Hey, aren’t you Rosa Parks?” and she replied “yes.” She handed him $3 when he demanded money and an additional $50 when he demanded more. Before fleeing, Skipper struck Parks in the face.[3] Skipper admitted guilt and on August 8, 1995 was sentenced to eight to fifteen years in prison.[4] Parks notably forgave her assailant and expressed a wish that he could receive rehabilitation instead of imprisonment. (bolding mine) I remember reading about the assault, but I had no idea the assailant was black. I really, really hope he got his imprisonment rather than rehab. The sad part is this guy knew how much she helped African Americans! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/51 "2005-10-26T00:05:02Z")
Well, he was a fucking thug. Did you expect him to miraculously change just because he was black and recognised a black icon? No. He came to rob, and he did. Yeah, I hope he got his time, too. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/52 "2005-10-26T00:31:21Z")
> [@Coldfire](#): > > Well, he was a fucking thug. Did you expect him to miraculously change just because he was black and recognised a black icon? > > No. He came to rob, and he did. Yeah, I hope he got his time, too. I remember the incident sparking both “What is wrong with our young black men?” considerations and “See, young black men are bastards who’ll beat up Rosa Parks” reactions. I would be stunned if he didn’t get time, and serve it all. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/53 "2005-10-26T01:09:31Z")
In one of the strange quirks of history, it was four years ago today that the Henry Ford Museum bought the bus that Rosa refused to stand up on. IMHO, the biggest lession that we should take from Ms. Parks actions is that one person can make a huge change, without ever having to resort to violence. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/54 "2005-10-26T03:28:22Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > I predict editorial cartoons portraying St. Peter at the gates escorting her to her seat right up front. And [here they are!](http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/RosaParks/main.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/55 "2005-10-26T03:56:00Z")
Does anybody find it ironic that in all the cartoons St. Peter is white? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/56 "2005-10-26T12:21:40Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > And [here they are!](http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/RosaParks/main.asp) Talk about warming your cockles…I liked the second one (or #1 after Main, if you prefer.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/57 "2005-10-26T12:35:39Z")
I sat my 8 year old daughter down last night and carefully explained why Rosa Parks was a hero and what used to go on in the country. We spoke for about 15 minutes and I played a little 3 minutes clip that CNN had on her. I think I was able to get her to understand both what she meant to integration and that 1 person can change the world. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/58 "2005-10-26T13:03:15Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Does anybody find it ironic that in all the cartoons St. Peter is white? When in fact he should be much the same colour as a modern-day Iraqi, I should think. Probably quite suntanned what with having an outdoor occupation. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/59 "2005-10-26T23:24:31Z")
And being a shitload closer to the sun than most farmers, even. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763/60 "2005-10-28T18:36:17Z")
**Rosa Parks to lie in honor at Capitol** [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/28/parks.capitol.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/28/parks.capitol.ap/index.html) > [@](#): > > It will be only the fifth time in the past two decades that a person has either lain in honor or in state in the Rotunda. The last to lie in state was President Reagan after his death in June last year. I am curious who the others were. One was mentioned > [@](#): > > Jacob J. Chestnut, one of two Capitol police officers fatally shot in 1998, was the first black American to lie in honor… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosa-parks-died-today-at-age-92/327763.md?page=4)