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from http://cgi.ebay.com/KATARINA-WITT-1988-Olympics-1988-in-Carmen-dress_W0QQitemZ7419254440QQihZ016QQcategoryZ28009QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
"DESPITE HER DEMURE IMAGE, ROSA PARKS WAS A COMMITTED ACTIVIST WHO HELPED MARTIN LUTHER KING JR TO COORDINATE THE 1966 BUS BOYCOTT. HOWEVER, HER REFUSAL TO GIVE UP HER SEAT TO A WHITE MAN WAS NOT A PREMEDITATED ACT AS SOME DETRACTORS HAVE ENDEARED TO PORTRAY IT IN A VAIN ATTEMPT TO BESMIRCH HER CHARACTER. HERE, SHE IS SHOWN ATTENDING A MEETING OF THE MONTGOMERY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION , LISTENING TO MARTIN LUTHER KING'S ADDRESS TO HER LEFT IS THE REVEREND ABERNATHY WE HAVE FURTHER ROSA PARKS, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AND RELATED BLACKVIEWPOINT POSTERS IN OUR EBAY STORE. PLEASE VISIT US AT "YORUBA/LUCUMI" FOR FURTHER ITEMS."
Thanks but uhhh...I thought this was a picture of Katarina Witt? Unless she's actually Rosa Parks? WOAH CRAZY.
I do, of course, appreciate their use of the word "besmirch".
"DESPITE HER DEMURE IMAGE, ROSA PARKS WAS A COMMITTED ACTIVIST WHO HELPED MARTIN LUTHER KING JR TO COORDINATE THE 1966 BUS BOYCOTT. HOWEVER, HER REFUSAL TO GIVE UP HER SEAT TO A WHITE MAN WAS NOT A PREMEDITATED ACT AS SOME DETRACTORS HAVE ENDEARED TO PORTRAY IT IN A VAIN ATTEMPT TO BESMIRCH HER CHARACTER. HERE, SHE IS SHOWN ATTENDING A MEETING OF THE MONTGOMERY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION , LISTENING TO MARTIN LUTHER KING'S ADDRESS TO HER LEFT IS THE REVEREND ABERNATHY WE HAVE FURTHER ROSA PARKS, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AND RELATED BLACKVIEWPOINT POSTERS IN OUR EBAY STORE. PLEASE VISIT US AT "YORUBA/LUCUMI" FOR FURTHER ITEMS."
Thanks but uhhh...I thought this was a picture of Katarina Witt? Unless she's actually Rosa Parks? WOAH CRAZY.
I do, of course, appreciate their use of the word "besmirch".
