Paterson officials declare Dec. 1 as ‘Rosa Parks Day’
Paterson officials gathered at Rosa L. Parks School of Fine & Performing Arts on Wednesday to proclaim Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day in the city.
It was 66 years ago that Parks protested Alabama’s segregation laws by refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. She was then arrested, sparking the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Parks is remembered as an icon, igniting a turning point in the U.S. civil rights movement.
“At that moment, Rosa Parks taught us a lesson in civil disobedience. The concept articulated many years before the Civil War by Henry David Thoreau, an abolitionist who said that people cannot surrender their consciences to a government’s injustice,” says Paterson Schools Superintendent Eileen Shafer.
Rosa Parks Day was created by the California State Legislature and first celebrated on her birthday – Feb. 4 – in 2000.
"Wakuu wa Paterson walikusanyika katika shule ya Rosa L. Parks School of Fine & Performing Arts Jumatano kutangaza Desemba 1 kama ""Siku ya Rosa Parks.""" Mwaka jana, Parks alipinga sheria ya ubaguzi wa rangi ya Alabama kwa kukataa kutoa kiti chake kwa mtu mweupe kwenye basi. Baada ya kukamatwa, alishiriki katika maandamano ya kupinga mabasi ya Montgomery. Parkes ni mtu mashuhuri sana katika Marekani kwa sababu ya kuanzisha harakati za haki za kiraia. <unk> Wakati huo, Rosa Parks alitufundisha somo kuhusu kutotii kwa kiraia. "Hili ni wazo lililotungwa miaka mingi kabla ya Vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe na Henry David Thoreau, mtetezi wa ukombozi wa utumwa, ambaye alisema kwamba watu hawawezi kujisalimisha dhamiri zao kwa ukosefu wa haki wa serikali,"" anasema Msimamizi wa Shule za Paterson Eileen Shafer." Siku ya Rosa Parks ilianzishwa na Bunge la Jimbo la California na iliadhimishwa kwa mara ya kwanza siku ya kuzaliwa kwake Februari 4, 2000.