An edited circa-1956 interview typescript in the Rosa Parks Papers records Aubrey Willis Williams asking whether the Montgomery bus boycott worsened Black–white relations. The response labeled King acknowledges greater tension, then distinguishes mere quiet under insult and humiliation from justice-oriented positive peace, and expressly rejects physical violence.
Craft boundaries held: this is an edited typescript, not a certified verbatim transcript or first articulation. King’s March 18, 1956 sermon outline already develops a parallel distinction; a Feb 1957 article (submitted Nov 1956) also states negative vs true peace. “Well on to 10 months” into the boycott points to roughly autumn 1956; image order is not uninterrupted transcript sequence; Parks’ papers preserve the item without establishing her as interviewer or endorser.
Significance: a distinct Q&A setting for the tension/positive-peace framing during the boycott — not conceptual priority. Path #285 Hooks–Parks–Jordan Spingarn 1992 → #286 King–Williams ~1956 (different era/source). Repo: king-williams-positive-peace-edited-interview-1956.