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“Rosa Park Day” legislation

Dear Friends,

I would consider it a special honor if you would join me

 Tuesday, November 15^th at 9:30 am for a short Press Conference at the Statehouse

My goal is to get the “Rosa Park Day” legislation passed in Ohio and join forces with other leaders across the US to do the same.  Please help me to have a great turn out as we “Make History”.   I believe this is a necessary step to help keep the legacy of her Dec. 1st, historical act, in the forefront.  Rosa sat down so that we can stand, integrate, and speak out today.   RSVP:  466-5343

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Media advisory: Wednesday, November 09, 2005

CONTACT: Diann Thomas Beasley (614) 466-5343

Beatty to announce legislation to designate ‘Rosa Parks Day’

Assistant House Democratic Leader Joyce Beatty, D-Columbus, will hold a press conference to announce legislation designating Dec. 1 as “Rosa Parks Day” in the State of Ohio.  The press conference will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 outside the Third Street entrance of the Ohio Statehouse.  A Civil Rights-era bus will be on-site courtesy of the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA). 

Most historians date the beginning of the modern civil rights movement in the United States to Dec. 1, 1955, the day Parks, an unknown seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give up her bus seat.  A young pastor named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assisted in forming the Montgomery Improvement Association, which called for a boycott of the city-owned bus company.  The boycott lasted 381 days.  Their cause persuaded the U.S. Supreme court to strike down the Montgomery ordinance that outlawed racial segregation on public transportation.  Rosa Parks passed away on October 25, 2005.

“This legislation honors a great American who changed United States’ history relating to the civil rights movement,” said Rep. Beatty.  “This is yet another way to ensure that Rosa Parks’ quiet and peaceful rebellion lives on for years to come.”