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...people embrace disciplined measures can the nation achieve lasting peace and prosperity?a new People Power. Who knows? Within 20 years, the nation might just emancipate itself from its recurrent quagmires and regain its rightful place in Asia, if not the world. Michael Victor G. Ong Santa Rosa, the Philippines
...Black History Month”—and I use the term very loosely—has a glaring problem that is in dire need of attention: Where are the women? Go ahead, say it. I know you want to. “But what about Rosa Parks?” Yes, we do indeed hear all about Rosa Parks when we learn about black history. I’ll even give you Harriet Tubman—enough of us learned about her in elementary school that I can concede that she too offers a valid example...
...squats alone on the floor of her one-room hut, untwisting and retying a torn fishing net, it becomes clear that Rosa Nobert, 43, shares her days with the dead. The walls are hung with faded photographs: her husband, shot and burned in his fishing boat by the Sri Lankan navy; her two nephews, Tamil Tiger guerrillas killed in battle; and 17 relatives, including 13-year-old daughter May Linda, washed away by the tsunami. As Sri Lanka once more flirts with civil war, Rosa expects she will soon be adding one more picture to her gallery of ghosts...
...ROSA M. NORTON ’08 of San Antonio, Texas and Lowell House...
...Both were struck by the specific injustice of the segregation of the Montgomery City Bus Lines, which became a national issue when Rosa Parks made her stand in that city in 1955. After that incident, the Dexter Avenue church became a growing meeting place for civil rights activists. Soon, King's life and legacy began to take shape in a public sphere, while at home four children would soon enter the their household...