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Friday, July 29, 2011

Rosa Parks' harrowing essay by revealing when she was nearly raped | Mail Online

Rosa Parks' harrowing essay by revealing when she was nearly raped Mail Online: "'I was ready to die but give my consent, never': Harrowing essay by Rosa Parks reveals how she was nearly raped
Six-page memoir details white neighbour's indecent approach while she was working as housekeeper in 1931

An essay written by the 'mother of the civil rights movement' saying how she was nearly raped while working for a white neighbour is set to be auctioned.


Rosa Parks penned the harrowing six-page memoir about her experience as a housekeeper many years after the 1931 incident.

It is among thousands of her personal items up for sale that are predicted to fetch at least $8million


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2020207/Rosa-Parks-harrowing-essay-revealing-nearly-raped.html#ixzz1TXZsuZlI

I wish Americans read the letter and stop denying that Black women can't be raped.

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