Montgomery Bus Boycott: 70 Years of a Family's Legacy

Join us for the kickoff of the 5th Annual Social Justice Speaker Series by commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This unforgettable and thought-provoking evening features Karen Grey Houston as she reflects on her family's legacy in the movement that changed the nation.

Karen Gray Houston is the author of the highly acclaimed debut memoir, Daughter of the Boycott: Carrying on a Montgomery Family’s Civil Rights Legacy. It tells the story of her family’s involvement in the historic 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott. On the front lines of what became the Montgomery bus boycott, Houston's father, Thomas Gray, withstood threats and bombings alongside his brother, Fred D. Gray. Fred was a young lawyer who represented Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the rarely mentioned Claudette Colvin, a plaintiff in the case that forced Alabama to desegregate its buses.

Karen was born in Montgomery, Alabama, but raised in…