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About 40,000 people in montgomery refused to take the bus that day. this protest lasted for over a year. a young charismatic pastor named martin luther king, jr. emerged as its leader, to encourage sustained participation, the boycotts organizers had local black churches work on keeping up morale and organizers also arranged a free carpool service. black cab drivers were compelled to charge black passengers just 10 cents for a ride, the local bus fare. eventually it led to the supreme courts 195...

The one thing i think we can all agree on, kate, he says you should watch the special before you critique it before you react and that i agree with dave chapel on. its at least worth consuming and seeing what the fuss is all about and maybe, maybe thats exactly what he wants. >> thats a good point, brian. good point as always. thanks so much, brian. really, really appreciate it. >> thanks. so before we go, i want to tell you about a relatively unknown chapter in american history. a woman who i...

>> odonnell: that makes me tear up. >> she never thought, when she was writing those words, that other people would see them. and now, we have that. >> odonnell: and the bus boycott that rosa parks inspired would last for more than a year, ending when supreme court ruled that montgomerys bus segregation was unconstitutional. proof, again, that one woman can make a difference. well be right back. well be right back. ♪ limu emu & doug and now for their service to the community, we present limu e...

That living under jim crow was a daily assault on the self. when she realized that she could be a part of changing it she could not sit on the sidelines. that same spirit motivated another teenager a decade before selma in 1955 nine months before rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, 15-year-old claudette colvin refused to move for a white person on a montgomery city bus. she was hauled off the bus and arrested. colvin has been studying -- had been studying harriet tubman i...

Louisiana. the first protest against bus segregation was there in 1953, before alabama, before mississippi. 1953, dr. martin luther king was there. he was living in louisiana. how could he not know? do you think black people enjoyed using separate parts of the bus or separate entrances? i think its selective memory. >> but that said, we are really good at performing -- i mean, and dancing. >> yeah, i was going to say, there is a survival performance aspect of race that is about, in fact, making ...

Seat on a crowded segregated bus to a white man. she was arrested and her act of defiance sparked a bus boycott that lasted more than a year. president obama said that single, simple act also launched the civil rights movement. >> its because of these men and women that i stand here today. >> reporter: the statue unveiling was a homecoming of sorts for parks, who worked as an aide to congressman john c conyers for nearly two decades in detroit. >> soon, mr. conyers found out people were visiting...