Posted by Mum on March 21, 1999 at 10:39:03 {MW/mrDAKQdkdU}:
In Reply to: 1914? Not a Big Deal posted by 5GJW on March 19, 1999 at 13:29:45:
Because I am a person who considers values and the human factor in making judgments, I must say that I consider the defining event of the 20th century a human story.
In Montgomery, Alabama one day in the 1950's, a tired seamstress named Rosa Parks refused to relinquish her seat on a bus to a glaring white man who considered it his birthright to take from her what was rightfully hers.
That one act of courage and defiance of all that was held sacred in Rosa's world led to a movement that has brought about the greatest tide of human progress I have witnessed in my lifetime.
Yes, we have flight, computers, advanced medical treatment, and all sorts of wonderful gadgetry, but now everyone has a right to learn to use them and benefit from them.
What good is a printing press if people are kept from learning to read? What good are computers if everyone is not given acces to them?