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1XTRA NEWS: THE REAL TALK OF THE STREETS
Rosa Parks tribute
Rosa Parks arriving at court
Court | Alabama
Rosa Parks is escorted by the former president of the Alabama NAACP, E.D. Nixon arriving at court in Montgomery for the trial in the racial bus boycott in 1956. Her refusal to give up her bus seat led to a widespread boycott of the buses.  



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