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Inez
Baskin
Framed
certificates line the walls of Inez Baskin's modest home
on Mobile Highway. |
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Aurelia
Shines Browder Coleman
His
mother's case literally turned things around in segregated
America, but he says most people don't even know about
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Claudette
Colvin
Claudette
Colvin could be a common name in every modern U.S. history
book, but the protest of another woman nine months later
became the rallying cry for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Samuel
Gadson
Samuel
Gadson, 78, looks off into the distance from the porch
of his home on West Woodland Dr. |
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Thelma
Glass
When
Thelma Glass looks out the small rear kitchen window of
her home of five decades, she can still see it. |
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Urelee
Gordon
He's
shined the shoes of many men, but there was one he'll
always remember: "The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,"
he said with a broad smile. |
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Thomas
Gray
Thomas
Gray recalls feelings of shock when hearing Rosa Parks
was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery
city bus to a white man. |
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Vera
Harris
With
the tick of an old kitchen clock inching time forward,
Vera Harris made a mental leap into the past, recalling
the spirited days of a cohesive black community in Montgomery
circa 1955-56. |
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Bob
Ingram
Ingram,
who started with the Advertiser in the summer of
1953, covered politics from the state Capitol, but he
soon began to learn more about the budding civil rights
movement. |
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Gwen
Patton
Their
framed smiling faces cover the length of one of her bedroom
walls. |
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Idessa
Redden
Idessa
Redden apologized for the stuffiness of her house as she
sat down in her chair, her cane at her side. |
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John
F. Sawyer Jr.
When
John F. Sawyer Jr. came to Montgomery, he had just left
the Navy and the Montgomery Bus Boycott was already underway. |
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Rev.
Donnie Williams
In
late November 1955, the Rev. Donnie Williams had a dream
of turtles with guns coming in from the west. |
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Lillie
Mae Bradford
Lillie
Mae Bradford had just finished her shift as a custodian
at Pineview Manor on Dalraida Road that warm day in May
1951 when she boarded a city bus to take her home. |
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Johnnie
Carr
The
large room was filled with white light and bustled with
the voices of familiar friends. |
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Fred
Gray Sr.
When
now famous civil rights attorney Fred Gray Sr. decided
to be a lawyer, the first thing he wanted to do was "tear
down everything segregated I could find." |
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Annie
B. Giles
At
the beginning of the boycott, Giles rode with the Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr. and watched as he was arrested
for no apparent reason. |
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Rev.
Robert Graetz
When
asked about what the boycott meant to the world, The Rev.
Robert Graetz jokes: "Do I have an hour?" |
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Amelia
Scott Green
For
Amelia Scott Green, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began early
one morning when she noticed a piece of paper hanging
on her door. |
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Charlie
Hardy
Charlie
Hardy, 64, grew up fast in the area of Montgomery now
known as Trenholm Court. |
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Sarah
Herbert
It
was dangerous for anyone - white or black - to support
the Montgomery Bus Boycott. But there were whites who
did. Montgomery resident Sarah Herbert was among them.
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Dorothy
Posey Jones
"'God
of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who
has brought us thus far on the way; Thou who has by thy
might Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path,
we pray ...'" |
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E.D.
Nixon
The
fact some try to give his father credit for Parks' decision
to be arrested surprises LaTour because he said his father
did so much for which he isn't given credit. |
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Dorothy
Posey & Inell Johnson
Dorothy
Posey motioned Ester Duncan to a sink so she could shampoo
her hair. Posey lathered shampoo in Duncan's hair and
massaged her scalp. |
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Mary
Jo Smiley
She
clutched the big, black rectangular scrapbook close to
her chest and she walked gingerly with it. |
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Lucille
Times
For
most black residents of Montgomery, the bus boycott began
on Dec. 3, 1955. But for Lucille Times, it started six
months earlier, after she had a fight with a Montgomery
bus driver on a warm afternoon in early June. |
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