The whole story of Rosa Parks is mythologized up the wazoo. This always happens when people need "heroes" they can hold up as superior human beings. It was done to Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Mandela, and countless others. The bus incident was staged. It was not spontaneous.
[–] bosunmoon 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Things could have turned out differently if she called shotgun.