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The woman utters a single word thatignites one of the most important civilrights protests of the twentieth century,one word that helps America find itsbetter self.The word is “No.”The driver threatens to have herarrested.“You may do that,” says Rosa Parks.A police officer arrives. He asks Parkswhy she won’t move.“Why do you all push us around?”she answers simply.“I don’t know,” he says. “But the lawis the law, and you’re under arrest.”On the afternoon of her trial and convictionfor disorderly conduct, theMontgomery Improvement Associationholds a rally for Parks at the Holt StreetBaptist Church, in the poorest sectionof town. Five thousand gather to supportParks’s lonely act of courage. They24/929
squeeze inside the church until its pewscan hold no more. The rest wait patientlyoutside, listening through loudspeakers.The Reverend Martin LutherKing Jr. addresses the crowd. “Therecomes a time that people get tired ofbeing trampled over by the iron feet ofoppression,” he tells them. “Therecomes a time when people get tired ofbeing pushed out of the glittering sunlightof life’s July and left standingamidst the piercing chill of an AlpineNovember.”He praises Parks’s bravery and hugsher. She stands silently, her mere presenceenough to galvanize the crowd.The association launches a city-widebus boycott that lasts 381 days. Thepeople trudge miles to work. They carpoolwith strangers. They change thecourse of American history.25/929
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squeeze inside the church until its pews
can hold no more. The rest wait patiently
outside, listening through loudspeakers.
The Reverend Martin Luther
King Jr. addresses the crowd. “There
comes a time that people get tired of
being trampled over by the iron feet of
oppression,” he tells them. “There
comes a time when people get tired of
being pushed out of the glittering sunlight
of life’s July and left standing
amidst the piercing chill of an Alpine
November.”
He praises Parks’s bravery and hugs
her. She stands silently, her mere presence
enough to galvanize the crowd.
The association launches a city-wide
bus boycott that lasts 381 days. The
people trudge miles to work. They carpool
with strangers. They change the
course of American history.
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