You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, Season 2, Episode 7, the untold story of Rosa Parks.

Welcome to First Name Basis, a community of parents committed to making the transformation,

from good intentions to confident action.

Join us each week as we cover critical topics and answer the questions you've never felt

comfortable asking. We'll use the lessons we learned to teach our children about race,

religion, and culture. I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw.

Thank you. host, Jasmine Bradshaw. Hello, First Name Basis, fam. I am so glad you are here.

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And I just want to say thank you to those who have already left a review. I'm so

grateful. All right. So this week I'm going to be sharing with you the untold story of Rosa Parks.

I felt a little bit weird doing two untold stories back to back. Last week we did Dr. Seuss.

Now we're doing Rosa Parks. But I couldn't let Black History Month slip by without doing this

episode. Researching this episode was incredibly healing for me. I just feel like it's so empowering

to learn the stories and the truth about the history of our nation and the people who helped

really propel us forward as a society. So I hope that's what

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