Rosa Parks has been called an “accidental activist,” but that moniker couldn’t be further from the truth. Her story is now being told in a new documentary on Peacock, which shows how Parks’ pivotal role in the Montgomery bus marked just one moment in a lifetime of activism. Veteran journalist Soledad O’Brien, the project’s executive producer, joins Mehdi to talk about it.Oct. 20, 2022
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