Timeline for Rosa Parks is a [symbol?] for the civil rights movement?
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| May 3, 2017 at 4:16 | vote | accept | dwjohnston | ||
| Jan 30, 2017 at 5:32 | comment | added | ab2 | You have at least 8 good answers to your question. Is one of them acceptable? Of course, you are not obliged to accept any answer and the only criterion is what answer best suits you. Has this just slipped your mind? | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 11:06 | comment | added | Martin Smith | @ab2 no the question is protected it requires 10 rep to answer and the 100 from the association bonus doesn't count. | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 21:53 | comment | added | Hot Licks | @Amadeus9 - No, this is a poster child. And this. And this. | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 20:13 | comment | added | Tin Wizard | @HotLicks Huh - I actually tend to think of "poster child" as something more like this fella - slightly positive connotation, but just generally "the person they'd put on posters as a perfect (or at least photogenic) example of this thing" | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 19:38 | comment | added | user3141592 | I don't have the reputation to answer, but have you considered "key figure"? Rosa Parks is a key figure in the civil rights movement. The idiom "key figure" means an important person in an event; a person central to an event. | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 11:42 | comment | added | Hot Licks | @SGR - The original question used "mascot" as the prototype word. I was merely explaining why that word is not appropriate, more to readers than to the OP. | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 10:57 | history | protected | RegDwigнt | ||
| Sep 30, 2016 at 7:08 | comment | added | SGR | @HotLicks But that is the entire point of OPs question, that he is looking for a word other than mascot. If he knew a word other than mascot he wouldn't need to ask this question. | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 2:22 | comment | added | Hot Licks | "Poster child" has been suggested several times, but it carries a sort of "downer" connotation. So far as I know, the term originates from posters of sad-eyed crippled children during and after the polio epidemic in the US during the middle of the 20th Century. The purpose was to play on the sympathies of the public. The children pictured in the posters rarely had a "story" of an note, but their appearance attracted sympathy (and money). | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 2:20 | answer | added | talrnu | timeline score: 12 | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 0:34 | history | edited | dwjohnston | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 29, 2016 at 22:48 | comment | added | Hot Licks | I will note that "mascot" tends to be used (in the US) to refer to either an animal or some sort of comic character or clown, an inappropriate way to refer to Ms Parks. There are certainly several other terms which are more appropriate. | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 21:57 | comment | added | twip | I suggested an edit to avoid using mascot in reference to Rosa Parks. It seems to me that it could be interpreted negatively. The edit was rejected, but I encourage you to consider editing your post: (english.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/202151) | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 21:34 | answer | added | jph | timeline score: 7 | |
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| Sep 29, 2016 at 18:25 | answer | added | jobermark | timeline score: 10 | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 7:15 | answer | added | Jos | timeline score: 14 | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 5:45 | history | edited | dwjohnston | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 29, 2016 at 5:11 | answer | added | Peter Point | timeline score: 17 | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 4:32 | answer | added | Richard Kayser | timeline score: 22 | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 3:10 | answer | added | Fiksdal | timeline score: 43 | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 1:30 | answer | added | jamesdlin | timeline score: 38 | |
| Sep 28, 2016 at 22:36 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/781261288311812096 | ||
| Sep 28, 2016 at 21:17 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Sep 28, 2016 at 21:14 | answer | added | ab2 | timeline score: 106 | |
| Sep 28, 2016 at 21:08 | history | notice added | tchrist♦ | Needs detailed answers | |
| Sep 28, 2016 at 20:59 | history | asked | dwjohnston | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
