Jack, an African-American officer in the United States Army refused to move. The year was 1944. It was Texas and Jack and his girl friend were on a bus and they were sitting in an area where white people are supposed to sit. He refused to move.
The bus driver became abusive and told him if he didn't move he would be arrested. The bus driver told him he wouldn't move the bus until Jack moved.
Jack was arrested by Military Police and the rest is history.
Rosa Parks refused to move. She was on a bus and she refused to stand up when the bus driver demanded she surrender her seat on the bus to a white man. She refused to move and was arrested. The result was the Montgomery Bus Boycott. That got the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and that led to the Civil Rights Movement in this country.
Nothing much happened to Jack after he was arrested. The charges were dismissed.
Branch Rickey was in a Church and Society Meeting at a Methodist Church and thee was a speaker on the subject of integration. Branch Rickey's first name wasn't really Branch. It was Wesley. He was a Methodist.
Branch Rickey put Jack on his payroll as a member of the Brooklyn Dodger baseball team and Jackie Robinson transformed American life.
Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks are heroes because they refused to conform to the racism of society. They moved the world in their refusal to move from the bus and in their willingness to be an example for others.
Do you know heroes like this?
If so write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. If you are willing to share your thoughts with the readers of the blog click on the 'comments' box below.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Charles Schuster
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