An Intro and an Inquiry
Hey what's up everyone,
I'm neo_prodigy, and I'm a new member here. I've been enjoying the posts on the site and I'm glad to see something positive like this on Livejournal.
Anyway I had a question about Rosa Parks which maybe one of you all can help me out. I recently watched The Rosa Parks Story starring Angela Bassett (excellent movie if you haven't seen it) and something was mentioned that I never heard before and I was trying to see whether or not it was true. In one of the scenes, Parks's lawyer informs her that there was a law on the books which stated that if a bus was full, a black person did not have to forfeit their seat to a white person, thus meaning that technically Parks didn't break the law and was well within her rights. As the lawyer explained, the law wasn't common knowledge and few people knew about it.
Does anyone know whether or not that was remotely true? Has anyone else seen the movie? I know films (even biographical accounts) aren't the most reliable sources of factual information. However, I couldn't see the filmakers including something like that in the movie if it wasn't rooted in some type of fact. I've tried researching this but I haven't been able to find any information. Maybe one of you knew.
Thanks.
I'm neo_prodigy, and I'm a new member here. I've been enjoying the posts on the site and I'm glad to see something positive like this on Livejournal.
Anyway I had a question about Rosa Parks which maybe one of you all can help me out. I recently watched The Rosa Parks Story starring Angela Bassett (excellent movie if you haven't seen it) and something was mentioned that I never heard before and I was trying to see whether or not it was true. In one of the scenes, Parks's lawyer informs her that there was a law on the books which stated that if a bus was full, a black person did not have to forfeit their seat to a white person, thus meaning that technically Parks didn't break the law and was well within her rights. As the lawyer explained, the law wasn't common knowledge and few people knew about it.
Does anyone know whether or not that was remotely true? Has anyone else seen the movie? I know films (even biographical accounts) aren't the most reliable sources of factual information. However, I couldn't see the filmakers including something like that in the movie if it wasn't rooted in some type of fact. I've tried researching this but I haven't been able to find any information. Maybe one of you knew.
Thanks.