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Boycott

DVD, 112 minutes, produced in 2001 by HBO.

BOYCOTT is the story of Rosa Parks and the birth of the Civil Rights Movement forty-nine years ago. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, events were set in motion that would change history and lead to the birth of the modern Civil Rights Movement. After Rosa Park's arrest and while waiting for her appeal, the newly created Montgomery Improvement Association decided to start a boycott of the public bus system. They elected as their leader 26-year old Martin Luther King Jr., a young minister new to their community.