‘I’d Do It Again,’ Says Rosa Parks
On the evening of Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks became a symbol of human dignity when she was jailed for refusing to relinquish her bus seat to a white man when she rode home from work. A decade later, in an interview at her home in Detroit, Parks said that she had no regrets. The story published Dec. 16, 1965 begins with an aside that would surprise many today, noting that readers hearing her name might ask: “Who?”
Sources: Los Angeles Times