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...s and lead to fundamental social changes. Riding home from work on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, the dignified black seamstress defied... ...fined ten dollars, but her act of defiance inspired a boycott of the city bus system by blacks - and eventually a U.S. Supreme Court ruling barring ... ...m church when we found ourselves in a similar situation on a Tallahassee bus. As in Montgomery, the front of the bus was reserved for whites and th... ...e back for blacks. The only rider up front on this Sunday morning was the bus driver's girlfriend. When Ruby chose to sit down in front, the girlfri... ...rlfriend complained to the driver, who told us to move to the back of the bus. "I paid my money and I'm gonna sit where I please," Ruby said. Faced ... ...," Ruby said. Faced with Ruby's refusal to budge, the driver stopped at a bus depot seeking help in dealing with this uppity so-and-so. I was fright...

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...ool, so we all walked. On bad-weather days I was allowed to ride the city bus. But, even with these inconveniences, kids went to school every day, a... ... law of the land at the time was that black people sat in the back of the bus, while white people sat in the front. This particu­ lar day Ruby decide... ...n the front. This particu­ lar day Ruby decided to sit in the front of the bus, since it was empty except for a young white woman who was the bus dri... ... and her feet were hurting. The white woman immediately complained to the bus driver, who turned to Ruby and told her to move to the rear of the bus... ... Come From, You're Always Going Somewhere· 27 sure enough, as soon as the bus reached the next depot on its route, the driver went inside to get hel... ...nd an ally. So the driver told Ruby once again to move to the rear of the bus. Once again Ruby stoutly refused. There was a standoff. The driver ha... ...uby to where he demanded she go, or go about his busi­ ness of driving the bus. The driver noticed that several other pas­ sengers had boarded. They w... ...her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, triggering a famous bus boycott led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Some of the parents at Rub...

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...firm today. For me, Ruby's finest hour occurred one Sunday in 1944, on a bus in our home town, Tallahassee, Florida. The South, 1944: it was a segr... ...our home town, Tallahassee, Florida. The South, 1944: it was a segregated bus. Whites in the front, Blacks in the rear. On this particular day, TH... ...lar day, THE POWER IN INTEGRITY Ruby decided to sit in the front of the bus. It was 101 practically empty, except for a young white woman, whom w... ...y empty, except for a young white woman, whom we later discovered was the bus driver's girl, friend. My mother decided to sit next to this lady. Ru... ...aid her feet were hurting. Almost immediately, the lady complained to the bus driver. He turned to Ruby and told her to move to the rear of the bus... ...money and I'm gonna sit where I please," was Ruby's proud response to the bus driver. This was not acceptable behavior; I anticipated trouble. The ... ... returned alone and once again demanded that Ruby move to the rear of the bus. Once again, Ruby stoutly refused. The standoff: should the driver phy... ...tandoff: should the driver phys, ically move my mother to the rear of the bus (which probably would have been an impossible task because of Ruby's ... ...nd determination); or should he move on about his business of driving the bus? After looking over the other passengers who had since THE POWER IN ...

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...an's visiting-card from her wallet; and began to read its contents which provided the address of his office: Upstairs, Restaurant `Nashta-Pani`, Near Bus Terminus. She decided not to show this card to Mahajan at least for the present. The very next morning, she went to Chauhan's office, where she was received by his assistant, who welcomed her with a courteous smile. …...

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...ing software is not like fighting over who owns the scented candles or the VW bus. Does the person who wrote the “kernel” of the operating system resen...

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...aking my neck. THE CHAUFFEUR. Well, if you like easy going, you can take a bus, you know. It’s cheaper. You pay me to save your time and give you the ...

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... affected: you hurry if you want the tram, or cease to hurry if you want a bus. In this case the content of your belief is a sensation (the noise) and...

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..._______ 52 JAZZ (III) ___________ 53 DISTURBANCE _____ 53 AFTER COSMETIC SURGERY ___________ 53 OBITUARY _________ 53 PLAGIARIST _______ 53 THE BUS CONDUCTRESS _______________ 53 THE PASSENGERS __ 53 PUG DOG __________ 53 MAYOR ____________ 54 RIVALRY __________ 54 ARRANGEMENT ____ 54 COUNCIL __________ 54 PRUDENCE _________ 54 EXOTIC ____________ 54 SMATTER...