during the election as this young preacher from georgia which is dr. martin luther king jr. who sort of leads the masses of african-americans from racial to presentation. so in this notion that a rosa sat and, you know, martin could do this stuff and jesse could run and then barack could fly, all these things, they sound good, but they really simply few a much more complicated history. and that complicated history really involves so many african-americans, women and men, who proactively dismantled racial segregation including rosa parks. rosa parks was an activist. she didn t just refuse to give up her seat by accident, it was a concerted, strategic effort to try to transform democratic institutions. tufts university history professor and author of dark days, bright nights, peniel joseph, specializes in the sub field of africana. his latest, stokely: a life, will be in bookstores march 4th. sunday he ll take your questions in depth live for three hours starting at noon