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Commentary of a Black Southern Bus Rider

Rosa Parks discusses her refusal to give up a seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955.

Rosa Parks discusses her refusal on December 1, 1955, to give up a seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white man and the resulting boycott that ensued, which was in progress at the time of this interview. The Montgomery bus boycott is widely considered to be one of the key moments of the civil rights movement.