Rosa Parks was not the first black person to refuse to give up a seat on the bus for a white person.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

However,black people sitting in that part of the bus were expected to leave their seats if a white person wanted to sit there.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

The bus driver demanded that all four black people leave their seats so the white person would not have to sit next to any of them.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Rosa Parks and three other black people were seated in the middle area of the bus when a white person got on the bus and wanted a seat.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

"I would give ten dollars to the person who showed me where the white heron is."

VOA: special.2010.04.03

Mississippi also passed a law saying a black person could be forced to work for a white man usually his former owner if he had no other job.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

She soon began making movies. Lena Horne said that she was able to make movies because she was the kind of black person that white people could accept.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

Among those invited by the president to hear the speech in person were a number of Americans who the White House said would benefit from Democratic-sponsored reform , including persons struggling to pay medical bills or denied coverage under the current insurance system.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10