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Hundreds and thousands of negro citizens of alabama, but particularly here in the blightville area, are denied the right to vote. and we intend to march to montgomery, to convince governor wesley wallace. >> mr. williams, what are you going to do if you get stopped? >> what are we going to do if we get stopped? we hope we don't get stopped. and if we do get stopped, we'll stand there and hopefully let them go into montgomery. >> this is a comic book that was originally published in 1958. it costs 10 cents back there. it was published by a group called the fellowship of reconciliation. they are...

Particularly here in the blightville area, are denied the right to vote. and we intend to march to montgomery, to convince governor wesley wallace. >> mr. williams, what are you going to do if you get stopped? >> what are we going to do if we get stopped? we hope we don't get stopped. and if we do get stopped, we'll stand there and hopefully let them go into montgomery. >> this is a comic book that was originally published in 1958. it costs 10 cents back there. it was published by a group called the fellowship of reconciliation. they are still around today and you can still buy this comic book...

Also considered to the study nearly 50% of americans say our nation still needs to do a lot more to achieve racial equality. this year the white house is honoring the man who organized the march on washington. biyard rustin, forced to the background in his civil rights victories, because he was apparently black and gay. he's on the right side of this picture with dr. king in the center. the story is rustin planned the march in 10 weeks. to give you an idea of what he faced, back in 1955 as he organized the montgomery, alabama, bus boycott, researchers say a reporter threatened to reveal his se...

He came back again and i responded by saying something like, if you write it with me. let's do it. and the rest is history now. >> one wouldn't think that there would be a comic book associated with a movement, with the march. and yet the one that inspired it was a serious one about a bus boycott in montgomery. how did you even remember that? >> i remember it very well. i received a copy of the book. it sold for 10 cents. to read about the struggle in montgomery, how people walked, shared rides, carpooled, for more than 381 days rather than ride the buses. that inspired me. i started attending...

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. >> it's 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 the office to see rosa parks, and not mr. conyers. >> parks died in 2005 at the age of 92. after...