http://www.metafilter.com/tags/figureheads Posts tagged with 'figureheads' at MetaFilter. Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:20:04 -0800 Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:20:04 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/44260/Hidden%2Dfrom%2DHistory <a href="http://bodyandsoul.typepad.com/blog/2005/08/claudette_colvi.html">Claudette Colvin</a> --a Montgomery teen arrested 9 months before Rosa Park's now-famous refusal to sit in the back of the bus. <a href="http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?cid=388">There were 4 women who stood up before Mrs. Parks,</a> yet most of us know nothing about them. It was <i>their</i> actions that led to the Supreme Court overturning segregation on public transit, yet Rosa Parks is the visible symbol. On worthy and "unworthy" messengers and symbols. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.44260 Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:20:04 -0800 appearances figureheads history media rights symbols amberglow