to take a note home to your parents. the note tells your parents that you are not to ride the buses on monday. and it's so important that you don't let anybody see this note. students, i'm depending on you." -people were wondering if this was really going to work. everybody was doubtful. we thought that it would cause a lot of problems. i can remember the fear and the anxiety of people. -monday morning, which was the 5th of december, my dad came home about 7:00. boy, was he excited. i never will forget -- "the buses are empty. the buses are empty. oh, they're as clean as jesus. wow, the buses are empty." we laughed. i said, "we got to walk. we got to walk. we got to walk." we were so excited. -on the evening of december 5th, we had a meeting at the holt street baptist church.