THE WOMAN WHO FOUGHT ROSA PARKS’ BUS DRIVER #blackhistory #shorts

Ajouté : 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]Do you know that 6 months before Rosa Parks, a black woman in Alabama, got out from her car [music] and beat up a Montgomery bus driver in the middle of the street? Her name was Lucille Times.

[00:00:09]>> [music] >> In 1955, Lucille Times was driving her brand new Buick through Montgomery, minding her own business. But behind her was a city bus driven by [music] James F. Blake. Blake started driving aggressively behind her. Then he tried to run her off the road. Not once, not twice, three different [music] times.

[00:00:26]Imagine driving through the street and realizing a city bus is trying to force you off the road. Eventually, Lucille stopped the car. [music] And when James Blake stepped off the bus, he didn't apologize. Instead, he came toward her aggressively like he wanted to intimidate her. But Lucille Times wasn't backing down. She got out of the Buick and confronted him right there in the middle [music] of the street. People nearby stopped and watched. And then the situation exploded into a fight. Lucille punched Blake directly in the head. As he struggled to fight back, she shoved him against the car and beat him up in front of people watching nearby. But here's the craziest part. The story didn't end with the fight. Lucille became so angry over the incident that she started encouraging black residents in Montgomery to stop riding city buses altogether. If people needed rides, [music] they could contact the Times family cafe. For months, Lucille Times and her husband helped transport [music] black workers and community members around Montgomery themselves. They paid for gas, used their own cars, and helped [music] people avoid the city buses.

[00:01:22]Then 6 months later, James Blake made another decision that changed American history forever. He ordered Rosa Parks to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus.

[00:01:30]But this time, [music] the protest exploded across the country. And while the Montgomery bus boycott grew, Lucille Times continued helping support the movement with transportation, [music] food, and community support for black residents refusing to ride the buses.

[00:01:44]Because before Rosa Parks became one of the most famous names in American history, another black woman in Montgomery had already gone to war with the same bus driver. If this is your first time hearing this, comment >> [music] >> first time. Not every hero makes it into textbooks. Histora brings them back.

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