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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1944, 11 years before her fateful \Ndecision on a Montgomery Bus,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rosa Parks was investigating \Na vicious crime.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an emissary for the National\NAssociation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Advancement of Colored People,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she had traveled to rural Alabama \Nto meet with Recy Taylor,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a young woman who had been \Nsexually assaulted by six white men.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would be difficult enough to convince\Nan Alabama court
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that even one of these men was guilty,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Rosa was undeterred.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She formed a committee to defend \NRecy in court,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flooding the media with testimony and\Nsparking protests throughout the South.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a jury failed to \Nindict the attackers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parks demanded the governor assemble \Na new grand jury.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wrote, “I know that you will not fail\Nto let the people of Alabama know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is equal justice \Nfor all of our citizens.”
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout her life, Parks repeatedly \Nchallenged racial violence
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the prejudiced systems protecting\Nits perpetrators.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this work came at an \Nenormous risk – and a personal price.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Born in 1913, Rosa was raised by her \Nmother and grandparents in rural Alabama.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But outside this loving home, the fear \Nof racial violence cast a long shadow.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Ku Klux Klan frequently drove \Npast their home,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Jim Crow laws segregated \Npublic spaces.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At 19 she settled in Montgomery\Nand married Raymond Parks,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a barber who shared her growing fury \Nat racial injustice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was involved with the local chapter\Nof the NAACP;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a role many avoided for \Nfear of persecution.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first Raymond was eager \Nto keep Rosa safe
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the potential dangers of activism.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as she grew more incensed at the\Nlimitations imposed on African Americans,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she could no longer stand by.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she officially joined \Nthe NAACP in 1943,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parks and Johnnie Rebecca Carr were \Nthe only women in the Montgomery chapter.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She began keeping minutes for their \Nmeetings,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and soon found herself elected \Nsecretary of the chapter –
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,formally beginning her secret double life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By day, Rosa worked as a seamstress to support\Nher mother and husband.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By night, she researched and documented\Nnumerous civil rights cases,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from local policy disputes to high-profile\Nmurder cases and hate crimes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As secretary, she prepared public \Nresponses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on behalf of the Montgomery chapter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,battling the harsh sentencing,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,false accusation and smear campaigns \Nfrequently used against African Americans.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to her legal work, Parks \Nwas a brilliant local strategist.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As advisor to the NAACP youth group \Ncouncil,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she helped young people navigate \Nsegregated systems
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including voter registration and \Nwhites-only libraries.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through the cover of the NAACP,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parks strived to bring clandestine civil \Nrights activities into the open.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She advocated for civil disobedience\Ntraining
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spoke out against racial violence,\Nparticularly the murder of Emmet Till.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1955, her refusal to move to the \Nback of a segregated bus
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helped ignite the grassroots movement \Nshe had hoped for.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parks was arrested and jailed for her \None-woman protest,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she was visited by local activists.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together they planned a twenty-four \Nhour bus boycott.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It lasted for three hundred \Nand eighty one days.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Park’s simple act had transformed \Nnascent civil rights activism
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a national movement.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1956, the boycott ended when \Nthe Supreme Court
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ruled in favor of desegregating \Npublic transport.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this victory for the movement \Nhad come at a great cost.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rosa had been receiving vicious death \Nthreats throughout the campaign,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was unable to find work in Montgomery\Nbecause of her political reputation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1957, she moved to Detroit to continue \Nworking as a seamstress,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until being hired by Congressman \NJohn Conyers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help support his burgeoning \Ncivil rights campaigns.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ever vigilant in the fight against racial \Ninequality,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parks remained active for \Nthe next 40 years.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wrote several books,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traveled across the country giving talks\Nto support other activists,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and established an institute for the \Neducation of young people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in her late husband’s memory.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, Rosa Parks is remembered \Nas a radical spirit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who railed against the most powerful \Npeople and policies.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her call to action continues to resound:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“knowing what must be done\Ndoes away with fear.”