Rosa Parks, Minnie Rogers and many others fought for civil rights; you can too.
Bob Delaney, for NBA.com
February 18, 2021 5:36 PM
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks sat on a Montgomery, Ala. bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man. It would become a moment that defined a movement, forever shaping the course of civil rights history in the United States with that simple gesture of bravery and defiance.
Though she sat alone that day, Rosa Parks truly was never alone. Her strength was anchored in what drives human resiliency. Confronting fear and rising above ignorance is often triggered by an incident such as the one she faced. In this case, the cause was a segregationist system that she felt compelled to challenge.
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February 17th, 2021
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This week marks the Day of Remembrance, when the Japanese American community observes the anniversary of February 19, 1942, the day President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, ordering the internment of Americans of Japanese descent. It should also be remembered that, despite the injustice of internment, a generation of young Japanese Americans from the camps volunteered for military service and fought with incredible bravery against the Nazis in Europe.
The story of this generation of courageous Japanese Americans is told in epic form in the new historical novel “Tears of Honor” (Pace Press, publication date February 16, 2021) by James A. Ardaiz.