As chance or good fortune favors the prepared mind, symbolic leadership favors the prepared activist. It should be more widely known that Rosa Parks was not a passive bystander, chosen by chance to become the catalyst for the civil rights movement. She was prepared by her solid personal history of civil rights beliefs and actions. When the bus incident occurred, she was ready to spark it into the flame that grew.

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