Rosa Parks: I Won't
Sit At The Back Of The Bus!
On the first day
of December, 1955
One woman changed all of our lives
In Montgomery, Alabama, she fought the fight
To defend our Civil Rights!
Rosa Parks!
Rosa Parks!
Rosa Parks!
Rosa Parks!
She said it don't matter if your skin is light or dark!
Because there ain't no difference between us
And I won't sit at the back of the bus!
Bus driver said,
"Lady, on your feet
You better give this white man a seat."
But she was tired from her day working at a store.
She said I won't stand it anymore!
A protest was led
by Martin Luther King
He said we must "Let freedom ring!
No blacks will ride the bus till we can sit where we like
'Separate but equal' just isn't right!"
No! No! No!
No, no no!
To Jim Crow
to Jim Crow
This discrimination's gotta go --
There's segregation in the nation
In public transportation
Don't separate us by our skin
Like Plessy vs. Ferguson
It's not fair
We should be free to sit, to eat, to learn, to live anywhere!s
What started as
a one-day boycott lasted for over a year. For 381 days no one in the
black community rode a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. They car-pooled to
work and walked in the rain to protest the injustice of sitting in the
back. One year and a half later, the Supreme Court heard Rosa's case
and declared segregated buses unconstitutional!
So when you ride
a bus, wherever you go
Any one who wants to can sit in the front row
For equality and freedom, heed these remarks
Remember the courage of Mrs. Rosa Parks!
Rosa Parks!
Rosa Parks!
Rosa Parks!
Rosa Parks!
She said it don't matter if your skin is light or dark!
Because there ain't no difference between us
And I won't sit at the back of the bus!
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