but i will be in every, black people, joanne robinson, mrs. ross and client: wanted something done this. mrs. robinson is meeting she had had a personal experience that in 1940b&. you keep people wanted it there would be a anletter to another opportunity that k became with mrs. parks. on december 1, 1955. class that's a great set. i said you were meeting with herafter lunch . so while the perceptions that she was this quiet, tenet seamstress decided one day she was higher than what you get. his great myth more you said she was involved with the naacp is what you were talking about what to do, what not to do. so that day when she sat down, you were waiting forthe call . tell us a little bit about that. >> on december 1, was the typical december day in alabama. and i told mrs. parks when we finished that i had to go out of town so i kind of wanted her to know that i would not be there and while she never told me that if she received the opportunity that she was not going to get up. but i believe all the time that ieif a better opportunity present

joann robinson's house. it is getting pretty late now on december 1st and early december 2nd. joanne and i sat in her living room and made the plans for what we later called a protest and what people called a bus boycott. what we concluded in her living room that night and early morning was one, the community needs to be involved in it; two, that we need to try to get the community to as a protest so that the montgomery community of black and white will know that we're serious, having to stay off the buses at least for a day, as a protest, meet at a church and decide where we go from there. and that was the second thing. and i said well, that's fine. i said but if we're going to do that, if they stay off of the buses like we want them to do, we're going to have to be prepared to help them get to work and do whatever they need to do in the interim, so we're going to have to have a plan, and we're going to have to have those plans all together between now and monday morning when we're talking about doing this. as a result of that, we concluded several things: one, if we're going

it was joanne robinson who selected dr. king as a person who would be the spokesperson for the montgomery citizens. it was freddie gray who was with joanne robinson. he talks about remembering that she was the one ultimately said, this guy, dr. martin luther king, his words and the way he speaks, they really resonate. i think he should be the leader. she was that influential in the local community. host: we will get into john adams and jack ruby and just a few minutes. let's hear from marshall down in houston. caller: morning, gentlemen. a quick word about due process. do you research as you write or before you write? and advice to would-be writers. thank you very much. dan: the process for these books is a little different, because david and i are co-authors on the book. absolutely there is research to start. and the place we start is with the transcript. we start with a transcript. we both get a copy of the transcript and highlight the transcript and figure out what are the key points in the trial, because that allows us

it was actually joanne robinson who selectedn doctor king as te person who would be the spokesperson for the montgomery citizens. it was a fred gray who is with robinson. he talks about remembering that she was the one who ultimately said this guy, doctor trayvon martin luther king, his words, the way he speaks, they really resignation.ea think he should be the leader. she was that influential in the local community. we went we will get into john adams and jack ruby in just a few minutes. let's hearrin from her callers marshall center in houston, go ahead marshall. >> good morning gentlemen, thank you. a quick word about your process mr. abrams, rachel brooks, you research, do you write every day, that kind of thing? the last is advice to would-be writers, thank you very much both of you. >> bye-bye. >> the process for these books is aec little different because david and i are co-authors on the book. absolutely there is research to start. on the place we start is in the transcripts. we start with the transcript. we both have a copy of the transcript that we both highlight the transcr