Happy Birthday, Rosa Parks

By Ruth Hawley-Lowry
Feb 4, 2011
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Rosa Parks would have been 98 years old this Friday, February 4, 2011. As I watch the people in Egypt march, my mind goes to her legacy. Years ago she said, ?"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear."

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