Message Forum: Re: American freedom

Re: American freedom

Posted By: samhael, on host 128.250.185.130
Date: Monday, March 4, 2002, at 21:42:14
In Reply To: Re: American freedom posted by Nyperold on Monday, March 4, 2002, at 20:54:47:

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> Rosa Parks. And it seems like I heard that MLK Jr. studied Mahatma Ghandi's passive resistance movement, although I don't know whether his studies preceded Rosa's action or not. But Rosa pretty much paved the way over here.
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> > **If I get American History wrong, then understand that I have never formally learnt this, only picked up bits and pieces here and there, mostly by osmosis.
> > --SD
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> Understood. :)
>
> Nyperold

Ahh... thank you, it was Rosa Parks. And according to the stuff we studied (Which may or may not be truth), she did precede MLK Jr, but it was he who got the ball really rolling.

samhael

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Message:	> > > > Rosa Parks. And it seems like I heard that MLK Jr. studied Mahatma Ghandi's passive resistance movement, although I don't know whether his studies preceded Rosa's action or not. But Rosa pretty much paved the way over here. > > > > > **If I get American History wrong, then understand that I have never formally learnt this, only picked up bits and pieces here and there, mostly by osmosis. > > > --SD > > > > Understood. :) > > > > Nyperold > > Ahh... thank you, it was Rosa Parks. And according to the stuff we studied (Which may or may not be truth), she did precede MLK Jr, but it was he who got the ball really rolling. > > samhael
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