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Podcast: Count Time
Episode: The Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
Description: This Black History Month episode of Count Time Podcast is an excerpt from interview with Johnnie Jones, Sr. as he describes his experiences as the lawyer for the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott. The first successful civil rights bus boycott in the south. LISTEN to the Count Time Podcast episode: "Baton Rouge Bus Boycott" see notes, transcript, pictures and videos here.The Baton Rouge Boycott was the blueprint for Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In 1953, Martha White helped ignite the Baton Rouge bus boycott. After boarding the bus, she sat down in the s...