Rosa Parks finishes out our Black History Month episodes in grand fashion. While most know her from that fateful day on the Montgomery city bus, she actually had a long life as an advocate, protestor and agent of change. Join us via this classic episode as we celebrate one of America's great history makers.
# Stuff You Should Know - Rosa Parks
This episode digs deep into the real story of Rosa Parks, revealing she was far more than the tired seamstress of popular history. Josh and Chuck explore how her personal papers, recently donated to the Library of Congress, show she was a passionate activist and strategist who consciously rejected accepting segregation as normal, shaped by her grandfather's fierce resistance to racism and her years working as an investigator for the NAACP. The hosts trace how her refusal to give up her bus seat on December 1st, 1955 sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott, a pivotal moment that not only desegregated buses but launched Martin Luther King Jr. into the national spotlight and became a domino that toppled Jim Crow segregation across the South.
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