>> next, author danielle mcguire discusses the lives of women during the civil rights movement, including rosa parks. this december marks the 60th anniversary of rosa parks' refusal to give up her seat. the author looks beyond the well-known incident and examines racial and sexual violence experienced by african-american women in the segregated south. and she credits women for who protested these assaults for fueling the civil rights movement. the georgia center for books hosted this event in 2010. it is a little over one hour. >> good evening, everyone. i'm bill star, executive director of the georgia center for the book. we are the host for this evening's program. we welcome all of you. rosa parks is one of the truly iconic figures of the civil rights movement. we know her as the older, quiet woman whose tired feet led her to defy segregation on montgomery, alabama's buses back in 1955. her courageous, spontaneous refusal to give up her seat to a white man sparked the bus boycott, which gave birth to an