Rosa Parks: The First Lady Of The Civil Rights Movement [Video]

Unlike “Social Justice Warriors” Parks actually fought for something worthwhile.

Rosa ParksTimeline – In Montgomery, the first ten seats of every bus were reserved for white patrons, regardless of whether or not they were being used. It was common to see blacks standing over the empty seats. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks and three other black passengers were asked to move from their seats which were behind the white section in order to allow a white man to be seated.

The three others conceded after being threatened. However, Ms. Parks continued to refuse and was arrested, jailed, booked, fingerprinted and fined. Three friends of Rosa Parks arrived at jail to post her bond: a white liberal lawyer, Clifford Durr; his wife, a white civil rights activist who employed Rosa as a seamstress; and E.D. Nixon, the former Vice President of the NAACP’s state and local branches for whom Rosa worked as a secretary. Continue reading

How to Be Assertive (When You’re a Quiet Introvert)

assertivenessAletheia Luna – We’ve been the rubbernecks. The doormats. The wishy-washy, watery weaklings. Us introverts have had plenty of experience of being the unheard, uninvolved and unassertive ones in social situations.

But just as being shy doesn’t necessarily mean you’re introverted, neither does being introverted necessarily mean you’re by default an unassertive person. Unfortunately, however, our reserved and quiet natures mean that we’re frequently cautious, slow-to-speak and passive, usually resulting in a lack of personal assertiveness. Unless we are self-aware, our temperaments can serve to elevate our levels of passivity or passive-aggression.

On one hand, we can fall into the trap of being walked over because we don’t know how to be assertive. On the other hand, we can fall into the trap of becoming reactively passive-aggressive, because of our inability to practice healthy assertiveness. Either way, for most introverts learning to be quietly assertive is an invaluable life skill that will greatly enhance almost every area of your life. Continue reading