![]() ![]() She relented and gave him all her money–$103. He hit her again, punching her in the face and shaking her hard, and threatened to hurt her further. “Even at 81 years of age, I felt it was my right to defend myself.” “I tried to defend myself and grabbed his shirt,” she explained. When she refused, he proceeded to hit her. She gave him the $3 he initially asked for, but he demanded more. When Parks went upstairs to get her pocketbook, he followed her. Skipper broke down her back door and then claimed he had chased away an intruder. 30, 1994, at the age of 81, Parks was mugged in her own home by a young black man, Joseph Skipper. (WOMENSENEWS)– Rosa Parks‘ most historic hour may have occurred on the bus in December 1955 but a moment that perhaps revealed more of her strength of character came 40 years later. ![]() Credit: Keerthivasan Rajamani/keerth on Flickr, under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). ![]()
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