Celebrating civil rights and transit

Aboard an Annapolis Transit bus, Chanica Massey (right) talks to Shawana Williams after handing her a brochure containing tips on resolving conflicts peacefully. (Sun photo by Kenneth K. Lam)

From "Message of nonviolence is spread to honor King," subtitled "Volunteer bus riders stress peaceful conflict resolution," in the Baltimore Sun:

Maroulla Plangetis marked the Rev. Martin Luther King's birthday on an Annapolis Transit bus. Over a four-hour period Monday, the Annapolis High School senior and more than a dozen other volunteers rode in circles around the city, handing other passengers brochures with tips on how to solve problems peacefully. ...

In honor of the King holiday, the city did not charge bus fares Monday. Each bus had a sticker on a window near the front honoring Rosa Parks, the woman who sparked the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger.

Both are good ideas.

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