Larry King: Why didn’t you sit at the back of the bus that day?

Rosa Parks: About three stops from where I boarded the bus there were some white people and they took all the front seats and let one man standing and when the driver saw this man standing ..

Larry King: White man?

Rosa Parks: Yes, he was white. The passenger didn’t ask for the seat at all. He just found a place to stay.The driver knew this man was standing and it was when he told the four of us to let him have those seats, which meant the four us would have been standing and this man could only occupy one seat and there would be three vacant seats.

Larry King:Because you weren’t supposed to seat next to a white man.

Rosa Parks: That was the rule then

Larry King: You did not give up

Rosa Parks: No

Larry King: You know why?

Rosa Parks:Yes, because I didn’t think I should give up, I had paid my fare and he didn’t pay more than I did and I didn’t think once we take a seat, even if it under segregation conditions, we should be made to stand up on a crowded bus.

Larry King:Are you bitter over it?

Rosa Parks: No, I’m not

Larry King: Why not?

Rosa Parks: In fact, when we protested in Montgomery, we had some white people that joined with us and they served a great deal. As Martin Luther King said, it was not a black and white issue but it was right or wrong.

Larry King: So you didn’t hold it collectively against all white people?

Rosa Parks: That’s true. I did not

Larry King: What did you do with your anger?

Rosa Parks: I tried to use my anger… I tried to have as little anger as possible. I tried to use it to help people who were suffering and many who were discouraged and didn’t have the courage to try and take a stand for themselves

Larry King:Do you think, Rosie, that this movement has been a success?

Rosa Parks:We have made many improvements from way back then when we had daily enforced racial segregation but we still have many challenges to face and many problems to solve.

Larry King: Do you have faith?

Rosa Parks: Yes, I still have faith that it is possible.