Comments on: Single act can lead to monumental changes

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:22:38 +0000

yeah. That’s an american story.

By: Lyn

Lyn — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:21:38 +0000

Jed,Thanks for that comment. After I wrote it I thought that it came across as if we shouldn’t affirm Rosa Parks and ALL the unrecognized heros that faced what we’ll never face. So, yes, so many people to applaud. lgp

By: Jed

Jed — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:10:42 +0000

Lyn,Thanks for that link! Yes, Plessy was a real hero of the movement, which has had so many unnamed heros that also need to be remembered. Thanks for reminding us of that fact, and of him!

By: Lyn

Lyn — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:02:24 +0000

The Man Behind Rosa Parks – Homer Plessy – http://blogginoutloud.blogspot.com/2005/10/setting-stage-for-rosa-parks.html

Homer set the stage for the modern civil rights movement 60 years prior, and probably should be recognized along with Ms Parks. lgp

By: TRACY

TRACY — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:40:14 +0000

Jed I’m very familiar with JB’s exploits, and the famous mural.John was a son of a Baptist preacher who taught that slavery was against God’s laws, and he took that to heart. I just thought it was appropriate on this posting.I believe he had a vision of the civil war coming, and in effect he helped start it, right here in “Bleeding Kansas”.

By: Jed

Jed — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:23:33 +0000

Tracy,Apparently, you haven’t been to the statehouse and seen the Curry mural there that features him. Anyway, he was a fanatic who tried to foment a slave revolt that would have gotten huge numbers of them killed without much hope of success, and would have damaged the abolitionist movement. Many of us would prefer to just acknowledge his existence and move on.

By: TRACY

TRACY — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:16:25 +0000

John Brown got his neck stretched for the original civil rights movement.I’m surprised that the state doesn’t have much to say about Captain Brown.His history here in Kansas is all but forgotten.

By: Jed

Jed — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:06:23 +0000

RD,I was going to write something about her passing until I read your letter. There’s nothing I could say that would improve on your comments. She was a true heroine, without trying to be one. Someone who changed a nation by not standing up!

By: Damoon

Damoon — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:17:21 +0000

RD, great editorial! It’s good to remind ourselves that the smallest act can sometimes have the greatest impact.

By: Galahad

Galahad — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:54:41 +0000

Isn’t it interesting how 50 years later she’s a great American hero.

At the time, she was a rabble rousing Communist! Someone who didn’t respect the law. Someone who gave aid and comfort to the enemies of America.

Just like today, the people opposing the illegal and immoral war in Iraq are Al Qaeda sympathizers.

Yup, what a difference a couple of decades make . . .

By: R.D.Liebst

R.D.Liebst — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:29:24 +0000

Anything I might say here would be redundant. Read what I wrote in the opinion page today’s eagle.

By: J M Walker

J M Walker — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:22:56 +0000

A True American Idol. You go, girl.