Rosa Parks Bus during Restoration at MSX International, Front Detail, 2002
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This bus, the site of Rosa Parks's stand against segregation laws, sat as a rusted storage shed before The Henry Ford acquired it and began a full restoration. Parks's act of defiance on December 1, 1955, sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which helped to ignite the Civil Rights Movement. Today, the restored bus survives as a reminder of her courageous activism.
This bus, the site of Rosa Parks's stand against segregation laws, sat as a rusted storage shed before The Henry Ford acquired it and began a full restoration. Parks's act of defiance on December 1, 1955, sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which helped to ignite the Civil Rights Movement. Today, the restored bus survives as a reminder of her courageous activism.
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
2002-2003
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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