![]() After all, nobody knew that she, on that particular day, would be on a crowded bus, would be commanded to give up her seat by a bus driver who wanted to make room for an oncoming white passenger, and would be arrested and fingerprinted. It has always confused me how someone managed to take that excellent photograph of Rosa Parks being fingerprinted after her arrest for failing to give up her seat on the bus. ![]() ![]() a little ditty that, accompanied by my autoharp, I used to teach my preschool students to sing, often around MLK Day If Rosa Parks can go to jail, then I can do it too. Please everybody send my mail care of the old Montgomery jail If Rosa Parks can go to jail, then I can do it too "If Rosa Parks can go to jail, then I can do it too 27 October 2006 FREEDOM WALKERS: THE STORY OF THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT by Russell Freedman, Holiday House, September 2006, ISBN: 0-8234-2031-0 ![]()
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