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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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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