Season 1 Episode 20 | 8m 14s
We all know Rosa Parks as the tired old lady on a bus who unknowingly sparked a civil rights firestorm by refusing to give up her seat in Montgomery, Alabama. But is that true? Not entirely. Rosa Parks was a radical, civil right activist who spent years fighting for justice and she knew exactly what she was doing. In fact, she wasn’t even the first black woman to refuse to give up her seat.
Aired: 02/16/18
Video has closed captioning.
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Did you know Martin Luther King Jr Day wasn’t celebrated in all 50 states until 2000?
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