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Montgomery bus boycott
During the week of Martin Luther King's birthday holiday, Cooke remembers his 1956 visit to meet with people from both sides of the Montgomery bus boycott prompted by Rosa Parks.
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Fri 20 Jan 199521:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 20 Jan 199521:00BBC Radio 4
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