Rosa Parks, born on the 4th of February in 1913, was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. U.S. Congress has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".

Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation in Montgomery, but the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) believed that she was the best candidate for seeing through a court challenge after her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat for a white person.

According to historian Dr. Casey Nichols, following this arrest, Parks immediately contacted local NAACP president E.D. Nixon and informed him of her arrest. Within hours, the Women’s Political Council (WPC), formed in 1946 to address the grievances of black bus patrons in Montgomery, sprang into action, printing flyers, phoning potential supporters, and organizing carpools.

The boycott succeeded in 1957 after the Supreme Court declared bus segregation unconstitutional. Parks' act of defiance and the Montgomery bus boycott became important symbols of the movement, and she became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation.

After the boycott's conclusion, Parks moved to Detroit, Michigan and began working as an assistant to Detroit Congressman John Conyers. She has received numerous honors, including over 40 honorary degrees, the Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor, and two NAACP image awards. In 2002, Parks produced a biographical film titled “The Rosa Parks Story.”

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  • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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    9 months ago

    I need a game that's interesting, something I haven't seen before that I can't figure out within an hour of playing, either because it's mysterious or because it's just very out there

    I just wanna play a game like Outer Wilds again but there's only one of those sadness

    Last game I found truly interesting was Coffin of Andy and Leyley because it's both mysterious and obviously unhinged. Tried playing Persona 5 and got bored, tried playing Horizon Zero Dawn and got bored, I just want something new and interesting ;-;

    Edit: Or something like the original Bioshock. That was interesting.

    I got bored with Control, Baldur's Gate 3 and Fallout New Vegas too, even though I recognize that they're good. Ugh.

    • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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      9 months ago

      I'll take movie suggestions too at this point, I just need something to stoke my curiosity. Something that makes me go "huh, what's up with that, how does that work", anything complicated or mysterious, pleaaaaseee

      • whatnots [he/him]
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        9 months ago

        it's a show but severance was very very mysterious and good, if you haven't seen it!

    • Outdoor_Catgirl [she/her, they/them]
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      9 months ago

      Rain World and Signalis. Both are games I recommend playing as blind as possible. Both games' stories have given me brain rot like nothing else has.

    • Hexagons [e/em/eir]
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      9 months ago

      Pathologic 2! It's definitely not Outer Wilds (nothing is), and you might not be into it, but you definitely won't figure it out in an hour. It's a bit text heavy too. Like Disco Elysium levels of wordy. I don't know whether that's a pro or con for you right now.