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Rosa Parks Bus
General Motors Corporation. Truck & Bus Group1948
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Inside this bus on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a soft-spoken African-American seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man, breaking existing segregation laws. The flawless character and quiet strength she exhibited successfully ignited action in others. For this, many believe Rosa Parks' act was the event that sparked the Civil Rights movement.
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Details
- Title: Rosa Parks Bus
- Creator: General Motors Corporation. Truck & Bus Group
- Date: 1955-12-01
- Date Created: 1948
- Location: United States, Alabama, Montgomery, United States, Indiana, Terre Haute
- Subject Keywords: Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956, Montgomery City Lines, Inc., African Americans, Boycotts, Civil rights movements, Segregation, Public transit (Infrastructure), Buses
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Bus
- Object ID: 2001.154.1
- Image ID: THF14922
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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