Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Back on the Bus
Life photographer Don Cravens documented Rosa Parks' first ride on the integrated bus system. Of the strike, King wrote, "We came to see that, in the long run, it is more honorable to walk in dignity than ride in humiliation."
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