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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks. Photo courtesy of Martin Luther King Resources at Chico High School Library, Chico, Calif. |
“No.”
Rosa Parks
(This may be the most famous “no” in modern American history. By uttering that single syllable when a bus driver demanded that she, a black woman, surrender her seat to a white man, Rosa Parks sparked a 13-month boycott that ended segregation in the Montgomery, Ala., bus system. The protest inspired 42 other local protests against segregation within a year.
2006 Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration
- Monday, Jan. 16, noon to 1 p.m., Storz Pavilion, lower level of Clarkson Tower
- Robert Jensen, Ph.D., associate professor, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, on the unseen and unspoken privileges that are accorded simply because one has white skin.
- Free and open to the public
- Sponsored by UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center