Welcome to the History Tricks, where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

And here's your 30-second summary.

The day that changed the life of this woman was as common as many she'd lived before,

but all of the actions and all of the lessons from all of those days worked together

to form her into an instrument for change.

And then, one common day, Rosa Parks stepped on a bus.

The End.

Let's talk about Rosa Parks.

But first, let's place her in history.

In 1955, Marion Anderson became the first black performer at the Met.

Scrabble first appeared on the shelves.

The Panama Canal Treaty was signed.

Olva's Pressley made his first-ever TV appearance,

John Krisham in Kevin Costnerberborn,

James Dean Albert Einstein and Carmen Miranda died,

and on December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama

and brought the Civil Rights Movement to the top of a very big hill on a rollercoaster.

To go along with our Ida Wells podcast, we thought we would give you the story

of someone who within our living memories exemplified all the same qualities that Ida B. Wilson.

Absolutely.

And she, if it wasn't for Ida, this woman probably would have had the opportunity that she had to do what she did.

So let's talk about Rosa Parks.

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