As human beings, it’s easy to take each other for granted. Whether it’s
your spouse, your parent, a family member or life-long friend, when we think
we know everything about someone, or think they’ll always be there, it’s
almost inevitable that we under-appreciate them.
This is certainly true of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks. Too often, America
wants to remember Parks as a tired, old woman who didn’t want to give up her
seat on the bus. The truth is she was actually a seasoned anti-rape crusader
investigating the sexual assaults of Black women across the Jim Crow south
that too-often went unpunished and untold. One of the victims Rosa helped,
Recy Taylor, only last year received an apology from the Alabama Legislature
for her brutal, unpunished assault in 1944. She was 91. The impact of Rosa
Parks’ life and humanitarian actions is still felt to this day.
This week’s Nappy Narrative highlights Rosa Parks:
I’ll leave you this week with five inspiring books about Rosa Parks.
Nappy Narratives for Women's History Month 2012 Include:
Sojourner Truth - Rosa Parks - Week 3 (3/20)- Week 4 (3/27) - Week 5 (4/3)
Charisse Carney-Nunes is the award-winning author of several children’s books including, I Am Barack Obama, I Dream For You A World, and Nappy. She is also a literary advocate, and the Executive Producer of The Book Look a webseries airing here on AALBC.com
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