#OnThisDay 1955, Rosa Parks initiated a new era in the American quest for freedom and equality by refusing to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger. Activists protested and organised a boycott of the buses for one day and chose Martin Luther King, Jr. as their leader.
My friend John Lewis is surely smiling down on his beloved Georgia this morning, as people across the state carried forward the baton that he and so many others passed down to them.
Dr. King was 26 when the Montgomery bus boycott began. He started small, rallying others who believed their efforts mattered, pressing on through challenges and doubts to change our world for the better. A permanent inspiration for the rest of us to keep pushing towards justice.