 Rosa Parks | U2 dedicated a number of songs to American civil rights icon Rosa Parks during their show in Detroit on Wednesday. Before the song ‘One’ Bono said of Parks that 'because of her quiet dignity and strength, America became a better, changed country. This song is dedicated to the mother of American civil rights movement Rosa Parks God Bless you in your rest’. Then as the band launched into ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’ he compared Parks to another legendary civil rights icon saying 'From Rosa Parks in America to Nelson Mandela in Africa'. |
They also dedicated ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’ reports U2’s official website. Parks made history in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama when she refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man as was the law at the time.
She became one of the icons of the American civil rights movement starting a boycott of all public transport in the town. She passed away this week aged 92.
source: gigwise
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