ROSA PARKS LOOKED LIKE SOMEBODYS GRANDMOTHER, BUT SHE ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING THAT OTHERS COULD NOT DO WITH SPEECHES.  WEDNESDAY SHE WAS HONORED WITH A STATUE IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON.  THIS QUIET LADY JUST REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT IN THE WHITE AREA OF THE BUS AND BROUGHT ABOUT A CHANGE WHICH AFFECTED NOT ONLY THE BUS SEATING IN ALABAMA, BUT THE ENTIRE SOUTH.  SHE WAS NOT TIRED, BUT SHE WAS TIRED OF INJUSTICE.

WHEN I WAS STATIONED IN THE SOUTH A FRIEND AND I GOT ON A CITY BUS AND DILIBERATELY SAT IN THE LAST TWO SEATS IN THE BLACK SECTION OF THE BUS. WHEN TWO BLACK LADIES GOT ON, THEY SAW WE WERE SITTING THERE AND STOOD AND LOOKED AT US AS IF TO SAY, "YOURE SITING IN OUR SEATS AND WE CAN'T SIT IN THE FRONT."  WE CHANGED OUR SEATS.  WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF ROSA PARKS.