Number two. My name is rosa parks. And number three. My name is rosa parks. Once again, panel, these three ladies all claim to be civil rights champion rosa parks, and lets start the questioning with kitty carlisle. Number two, what led up to this glorious moment on that bus . How did you feel at the moment of arrest . [ bell dings ] that bell tells us the time is up. And now, of course, its time to vote whoever, in your opinion, is the real rosa parks. I voted for number two, and its just based on a feeling. She just has that gentleness, i think, that would allow to be defiant. Okay. Any one of these three ladies could have had the courage, and im ashamed to say, i dont really know which one it really is, but i voted for number two. All right. And nipsey, who got your vote . Well, ill have to disqualify myself. I know mrs. Parks, and i was one of the entertainers on that show between selma and montgomery, but ms. Rosa parks is 10 foot tall, and shes a legend and a hero in the democrac
it was as if dr. king was speaking directly to me. -i rarely saw her show emotion, but when dr. king was assassinated, i saw her cry at his funeral. - i was losing the people i love best. my husband and brother were all sick, and there was a time when i was traveling every day to three different hospitals to visit them. i had to quit working full time and work only part time. -auntie rosa and uncle parks loved each other until the end. as uncle parks health deteriorated, the loving way that she would take care of him. they were so closely joined together. - parks died in 1977, when he was 74,
so what my grandfather would do, he would just grow his own food. -my father had a green thumb. he d work all day in the chrysler s plant, and then he would come home and work a garden. we grew up on fresh tomatoes, green peppers, onion. there was enough food in that little plot for him, grandmother, auntie rosa, and uncle parks. -rosa parks is a very creative person, and she would take found items and create stuff out of them of course, dresses and ideas of quilts. -she taught us how to sew. the stitches were absolutely perfect. she could tailor anything. she could look at something and go home and sew it. -1959 is probably the worst year for the parks family. they record an annual income of $700. she can t find steady work, raymond can t find steady work. in 1960, jet magazine will run an exposé
rosa parks was there, and she was right up on the front seat. i always talked politics with her, and i got to know her pretty well, and also her husband. he was a very fine gentleman. -you never hear that much about raymond because he was a very quiet, behind-the-scenes kind of individual. you ll find that rosa parks and raymond parks are inseparable. often, the man is out front, and you never hear about the wife. here, the reverse is true. -uncle parks was willing to let auntie rosa step out there and just do her thing. he was not the kind of husband that stood in the way of auntie rosa. she could make any speech, travel where she wanted. power e trade s award-winning trading app makes trading easier. with its customizable options chain, easy-to-use tools, and paper trading to help sharpen your skills, you can stay on top of the market from wherever you are. power e trade s easy-to-use tools make complex trading less complicated.
she was holistic in her approach to the right of all people to be free. - i came to understand that parks was willing to work for things that would improve life for his race and his family and himself. the second time parks and i were ever in each other s company, he talked about getting married. i hadn t given marriage a thought at all. we were married in pine level in my mother s home. it was not a big wedding, just family and close friends. -uncle parks was one of the best of men. he was kind, he was quiet as well, and reserved. -they moved to the cleveland courts projects. rosa parks, people look at her as a middle-class woman, but they d never own a house, not in their entire marriage.