Reading NAACP chief to deliver talk at Wyomissing library

NAACP Reading Branch President Wynton Butler will deliver a talk on the Montgomery Bus Boycott on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Wyomissing Public Library, 9 Reading Blvd.

Butler’s talk will focus on two women who changed the course of history in 1955 by refusing to give up their seats to white passengers on a public bus in Montgomery, Ala. The boycott, which lasted for a year, resulted in major civil rights legislation. Butler also will discuss other events that led to the boycott, the Rev. Martin Luther King’s leadership and involvement and the action’s nationwide significance.

The program is free and open to the public, but registration is requested. Register at www.wyopublib.org or call 610-374-2385.