Driving America 10-11-2015

8 artifacts in this set

Rosa Parks Bus in Montgomery, Alabama, 2000-2001, before Acquisition by The Henry Ford

Digital image

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.