During the bus boycott, I was tested by fire, and I came to understand that I was not a breakable crystal figurine. — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
History shows that all protest movements rely on symbols - boycotts, strikes, sit-ins, flags, songs. Symbolic action on whatever scale - from… — Hugh Evans Copy Share Image
You probably know the name of Rosa Parks. You probably know that her refusal to move to the colored section in the… — Michel Martin Copy Share Image
There were these great women in Montgomery, [Rosa Louise] Parks was among them. Jo Ann Robinson [who organized the bus boycott] was… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in December 1955, and by 1956 NAACP leaders came to me and asked me to be part… — Claudette Colvin Copy Share Image
I think the Montgomery bus boycott initiated an era of self-determination. — Joseph Lowery Copy Share Image
“There are, of course, numerous and complex reasons why the Montgomery bus boycott succeeded and why it became the spark for a… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image