Rosa Parks Bus before Restoration, Exterior Detail, March 2002
THF78 / Rosa Parks Bus before Restoration, Exterior Detail, March 2002
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
March 2002
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.128
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
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