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👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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In no time at all, I got my chance.
In Alabama, a black woman named Rosa Parks was told to give up her bus seat to a white man.
It was just like what happened to me.
But unlike me, Mrs. Parks refused.
She was arrested.
Early the next morning, I got a phone call from a local community leader.
It's time to take a stand.
We should boycott the buses so everyone knows that we won't accept this treatment anymore.
You know, that's not going to be easy.
Do not ask if it's easy.
Ask if it's right.
It was just like Thoreau taught.
Instead of using violence to protest the unfair rules, black people would use a peaceful method.
We would not ride the public buses.
Without our money, the bus companies would go out of business.
Now the only question was, would it work?
On the first day of the protest, my wife called me to the window.
The buses are all empty.
It's working.
We had to keep it going.