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Be a Stud Citizen - Reminders from Our Flag
for Thursday, February 4, 2021
[ Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Montgomery Police in 1956 = public domain image ]
Be a Stud Citizen - Reminders from Our Flag
for Thursday, February 4, 2021
[ Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Montgomery Police in 1956 = public domain image ]
[ 3 Ways for Students to Experience today's 'Be a Stud Citizen' - Reminders from Our Flag: ]
[ 1) Scroll down this page and read it to yourself or perform it aloud for your school / classroom. If reading the page to a classroom, skip any text in [ brackets ].
2) Play & listen to the 'BASC' podcast as you or your classroom follow along while scrolling down this page on a device or classroom projection
or, 3) Play & watch, by yourself or with your classrooom on a projector, the screen captured short video performance of this page ]
[ 1) Scroll down this page and read it to yourself or perform it aloud for your school / classroom. If reading the page to a classroom, skip any text in [ brackets ].
2) Play & listen to the 'BASC' podcast as you or your classroom follow along while scrolling down this page on a device or classroom projection
or, 3) Play & watch, by yourself or with your classrooom on a projector, the screen captured short video performance of this page ]
[ Note: Flag Steward's 'Be a Stud Citizen' podcasts are available on nearly all podcast platforms for you to listen and enjoy however you prefer. ]
[ Note: If you can't access or play videos from YouTube in your school, then GO / CLICK HERE to watch today's stories from Our Flag on Loom. ]
Where is Our Flag, the U.S. Flag, at half-staff today?
[ CLICK HERE to see Half-Staff alert details, including pics, of Honorees ]
Today's Historical Moment from Our Flag
... remembers the birthday and life of Rosa Parks ...
... remembers the birthday and life of Rosa Parks ...
Two of the four states that celebrate "Rosa Parks Day" (CA, MO, OH & OR), honor her on her birthday of February 4th. Interestingly none of these states have a direct connection to Rosa. So, why would these states pay tribute to her each year? Because, simply put, she's called the 'First Lady of the Civil Rights movement.' Why? Because on December 1st of 1955, she rightfully and courageously refused to give up her bus seat to a white man and move further to the back, to the 'Colored' section, of the city bus. For this "unlawful act," Rosa was arrested by Montgomery, Alabama Police. So, Rosa fought back against this demeaning, ugly way of life. She joined forces with Martin Luther King Jr., filed a lawsuit against the Montgomery public bus system, and began the 'Montgomery Bus Boycott.'
More than a year later, while she and many others continued to picket and refuse to ride city busses that discriminated against blacks, the US Supreme Court called for the Montgomery bus system to stop discriminating (stop treating passengers unequally) / to allow blacks and whites (all citizens) to sit wherever they want on the bus (as pictured below in 1956 - after the court's decision).
More than a year later, while she and many others continued to picket and refuse to ride city busses that discriminated against blacks, the US Supreme Court called for the Montgomery bus system to stop discriminating (stop treating passengers unequally) / to allow blacks and whites (all citizens) to sit wherever they want on the bus (as pictured below in 1956 - after the court's decision).
Today's Inspirational Quote from Our Flag
"I would like to be remembered
as a person who wanted to be free...
so other people would be also free."
- Rosa Parks
[ public domain image of the Montgomery public bus on which Rosa Parks refused to move to the back / to the segregated section of the bus ]
as a person who wanted to be free...
so other people would be also free."
- Rosa Parks
[ public domain image of the Montgomery public bus on which Rosa Parks refused to move to the back / to the segregated section of the bus ]
Today's Fun from Our Flag
"Did you hear about the man who ran out in front of a bus?"
He got TIREd ... :) ;) :)
He got TIREd ... :) ;) :)
"You fell over 60 feet and somehow didn't get hurt?"
Yes, I was stumbling and tripping to the back of the bus.
:) ;) :)
Yes, I was stumbling and tripping to the back of the bus.
:) ;) :)
And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, motivated by citizens, like Rosa Parks, who fight for equality, please unite and recite the Pledge.
Thanks for participating in today's U.S. Flag tribute.
This is Sean Sweeney, a fellow Flag Steward, signing-off:
Go out and 'be a stud citizen' today
Keep America Beautiful, and remember,
In God We Trust
This is Sean Sweeney, a fellow Flag Steward, signing-off:
Go out and 'be a stud citizen' today
Keep America Beautiful, and remember,
In God We Trust
In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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(Many prefer this text alert service because within the Flag Steward app we CANNOT effectively deliver state-targeted notifications)
This is a FREE service powered by Flag Steward's nonprofit
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