My takeaway from that historical episode: avoid public transportation no matter what the ridership may be.
It’s ride the Public Bus Day.
My dad was driving a Greyhound bus from about 1940-1946. He drove mostly from Springfield MO to Tulsa, OK. Jim Crow was in full flower. He refused to enforce it.
In the early 60s before the Civil Rights Act, he forced the integration of the Houston Bus Terminal and the adjacent restaurant of which he was manager. He was suspended w/o pay by Greyhound who told him he could have a job anywhere north of the Mason/Dixon line. We stayed in Houston another year so my brother could graduate from HS.
Why? She didn’t do anything others had done before. She’s nothing special.
I’ll make a point of playing Weird Al’s “Another One Rides the Bus”
I hope they make a movie about her. Maybe they could get someone like Nicole Kidman or Anne Hathaway as the star.