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Tuesday, November 01, 2005
i feel like blogging today. as in yar. those yewliang blogs.
(which means u either run now or suffer from sore eyes later)
here goes nothing.
being a history student, you often wonder hear many stories about people saying "why you study history for?" and stuff like that.
many people seemingly think that the subject simply involves memorizing and nothing else. and its pure boring. and yada yada...
okay okay. so i often wondered too: "study history for wad ar?"
well i don't really remember where i read this, but it made quite a bit of sense.
we often study history to learn about the past, so that we can improve on the future. history isn't about memorizing facts, it is about understanding them. and thus learning from them.
and when we look in the past, we search for moments that define history. moments that change the course of the world. the industrial revolution, the two world wars and the collapse of the Berlin Wall are just to name a few.
One significant moment in time that change the course of the world started in 1955, and soon became known as the "US Civil Rights Movement".
On the 1st of December, 1955, a black lady living in Montgomery, Alabama refused to give up her seat on a bus when asked by a white man. She was eventually arrested for violating the city laws. This woman, Ms. Rosa Parks, eventually became known as the mother of the Civil Rights Movement.
When word of her arrestment reached members of the black community, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr led the town on a 382 day boycott of the local bus system. It became a huge success, and gave King national publicity.
After a few years of campaigning and further strikes and demonstrations culminated in The March on Washington in 1963. 200 000 people demonstrated in front of the Lincoln Memorial, and King made one of the most famous speeches ever in the history of mankind - "I have a dream..."
The Civil Rights Law was passed in 1964.
Of course, Martin Luther King Jr. went on to popular acclaim and worldwide fame for being the leader of the American Civil Rights Movement and also a receipiant of the nobel peace prize.
But all this would not have occured if not for the actions of Ms. Rosa Parks. The simple action of refusing to stand up changed the history of the world, and serves as a gentle reminder that every action that we commit ourselves to is significant, it might seem small initially, but could result in having a deep impact on the lives of others.
Ms Rosa Parks died peacefully on the 24th of October, 2005. She was 92.
okay okay. macdonalds from 4am last night for three hours wif sonny. met shiqi and his other friends there. haha rather unproductive coz eyes kept closing but not bad lar. finished one essay.
starry...
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