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Get To the Back of the Bus

Pay your fare. But don't you Dare sit across from any white man, woman or child. Get up! Get up I say! Get to the Back of this Bus! Rosa was tired, a long hard day~ She would not budge, was dragged away. Was fined fourteen dollars and refused to pay. "Let the court decide" was heard to say. They walked for a year, or found another way. Let the busses sit still!  "We will not pay to be treated this way!" Human rights! Equal rights! What changes were wrought by a woman just trying to get home without being made to Stand up. Tired feet, weary body, But courage enough to Say I will not  get to the back of the bus!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 12/2/2008 7:08:00 PM
Sometimes we have to stand for what is right, and this wonderful lady did...God bless this great country, and all the brave women, and men that still have a belief in her...freedom is not free, we have to stand up for what is right...Blessings, Christy
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