In the 1950s South, front bus seats were usually marked “whites only.” Rosa Parks was not in the whites only section when she was told to give up her seat to a white man. Three other black passengers moved. Mrs. Parks kept her seat.
Mrs. Parks only meant to resist one rude driver. Her simple resolve that day, however, inspired a city bus boycott … which sparked nonviolent protests … which eventually brought the courts, the president, and Congress to the cause of equal rights.
This is Howard Butt Jr. of Laity Lodge. In 1955, a woman riding home from work quietly moved her nation down the road to justice. Some leadership requires nothing more than example … in the high calling of our daily work.
“If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great errors to rest.”— Ecclesiastes 10:4
