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May 27, 2005
It Only Takes a Spark: UPS Reaches Out to Community
Leo Diaz presents Dr. Cahill with honorary plaque.
Arrested on the first of December 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white person, Rosa Parks triggered a clash between Alabama and the United States that ended the next year with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that it is illegal to segregate blacks and whites on buses.
Rosa Parks we may all remember. But it was Edgar Daniel Nixon who bailed her out of jail. If you don't know about E. D. Nixon, you're not in the minority. Most people, for instance, don't know that it was Nixon (not to be confused with Richard Nixon) who brought Martin Luther King Jr. to the spotlight in Montgomery. Indeed, Nixon was active in civil rights in Montgomery long before Dr. King.
Now, if you're feeling rusty about civil rights history, don't feel bad. All nine of the UPS (United Parcel Service) managers who participated in this year's Community Intern Project (CIP) in Chattanooga felt the same way—that is, before coming to this city. These nine upper level managers left their families and homes to live and work in Chattanooga for one month. They soon learned what values community outreach and human rights teach under the direction of an individual who knew many of the civil rights leaders himself, Dr. Ed Cahill, former head of UTC's Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
Posted by wjbailes at May 27, 2005 07:28 AM
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