Legacy Is Our Legacy: Reflection on Rosa Parks – Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute #209 for February 18, 2026

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 Bryan Hudson 0 Comments

“Legacy Is Our Legacy:

Reflection on Rosa Parks”

Watch Brief Video from Black History Exhibit

at the Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan

Psalm 145:4, “One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts.”

While my wife and I vacationed in Michigan in 2022, we visited the Ford Museum in Dearborn. We happened upon an excellent Black History exhibit that included a replica of the bus on which Rosa Parks sat. Her refusal to yield her seat to a White man triggered the Montgomery bus boycott. This was one of the key moments of the Civil Rights movement that began to break down the wall of racial segregation and injustice against Black People.

Her simple, courageous act of civil disobedience, along with the efforts of many other such as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, eventually led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

This was an interactive exhibit, so I was able to sit where Rosa Parks sat in the famous re-enactment photo.

This brief video shares my reflections in that moment. We thank God for our ancestors and all other courageous Americans, whether well known or “hidden figures” on whose shoulders we stand.

An important takeaway as we reflect on the legacy of people like Rosa Parks:

We should not only remember that we continuing legacy, we are also creating legacy for those who follow us by our service to God's kingdom and our community.