The story of a little white boy who wanted to sit in the back of the bus, and a bus driver who could not let that happen.
http://blog.al.com/press-register-commentary/2011/05/pint-sized_freedom_rider_makes.html
I particularly like his concluding paragraphs, which can be said of every movement for change:
We are all familiar with the great names who led America to a better place in race relations. But the famous African-American leaders were just the figureheads of that long overdue crusade.
The grunt work of that struggle was done by people few of us know or ever will. But their sacrifice and dedication were mighty.
There is much to be said for the contributions made by the countless anonymous people like Lena Gibson who endured and never lost hope and, most of all, learned to roll with the punches – the never-ending punches.
KZ
