12/1/17 Rosa Parks Day Bus Tour of Tyler by Sarah A. Miller
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Doris Henson and Freddie, at left, ride a Tyler Transit bus for the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler, Texas on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Sandra Nauls-Mast boards a Tyler Transit bus for the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
People wait to board a Tyler Transit bus for the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Passengers exit a Tyler Transit bus after attending the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler, Texas on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Passengers exit a Tyler Transit bus after attending the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Passengers exit a Tyler Transit bus after attending the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Nytesia Ross recites a poem during the program before the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Russ Jackson speaks during the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Fire Chief David Coble speaks during the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
City council member Ed Moore speaks during the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A passenger looks out of the window of the Tyler Transit bus at a predominately African American neighborhood along Palace Ave. during the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Passengers on the Tyler Transit bus take photos during the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Rev. Orenthia Mason speaks about black-owned businesses that used to be in the downtown area of Tyler during the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
City council member Ed Moore speaks during the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
This present-day church once housed a black-owned bowling alley. It is seen out of the window of a Tyler Transit bus during the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
(Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
(Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Nytesia Ross recites a poem during the program before the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
(Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
The former Alfreda Hotel building is seen out of the window of a Tyler Transit bus along Palace Ave. during the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. The Alfreda Hotel was one of the only places of lodging for black visitors, including musicians and famous entertainers, before integration in Tyler. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
A building that used to house Busy Bee Taxi Cab is seen out of the window of a Tyler Transit bus along Palce Ave. during the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler, Texas on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
An art piece by Doris Batson is on display during the second annual Rosa Parks Day tour of historically significant areas of the city of Tyler on Friday Dec. 1, 2017. Tyler Transit Department and St. James CME Church hosted the free event which also included a program at the church and video presentation on African American history in the city of Tyler. Rosa Parks was known for refusing to give up her bus seat in the African American section of the bus to a white passenger when the whites-only section was full on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
(Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)