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Rosa Parks
Collections - ArticleNational Day of Courage
On February 4, The Henry Ford is celebrating what would have been Rosa Parks’ 100th birthday with a National Day of Courage. Find out what's in store.
Collections - ArticleThe Montgomery Bus Boycott in the News
Experience the Montgomery bus boycott, sparked by Rosa Parks, as the citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, would have, through day-by-day newspaper clippings from the time compiled in a Montgomery city bus manager’s scrapbook.
Collections - ArticleSegregated Travel and the Uncommon Courage of Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a soft-spoken African American seamstress, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Collections - ArticleJust Added to Our Digital Collections: Rosa Parks Bus Restoration
We’ve just digitized a couple dozen photos of the Rosa Parks Bus before and during its 2002 restoration. The bus had been left in a field and used as a storehouse for decades, leading to significant condition issues.
Collections - ArticleThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Check out our book review of Jeanne Theoharis’ The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks--an exceptional work that offers real history beyond the myth of Parks as a tired seamstress.
Collections - ArticleCurating & Preserving The Rosa Parks Bus
Learn how the bus on which Rosa Parks sat that day in 1955 was restored — going from a discarded relic in an Alabama field to one of the most popular artifacts in Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.
Collections - ArticleThe Henry Ford's Innovation Nation: The Rosa Parks Bus
This week on “The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation,” you’ll learn about Rosa Parks and the Rosa Parks Bus. Check out our resources to learn more about Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement.
Collections - ArticlePresidents, Artifacts, and Taking a Seat in History
Hear from a long-time member of The Henry Ford what a recent photograph of President Barack Obama sitting on the Rosa Parks Bus means to her.
Collections - Article60th Anniversary of Rosa Parks’ Courageous Act
In honor of the 60th anniversary of Rosa Parks' courageous act, we take a moment to reflect on her legacy. Read more at The Henry Ford blog.
Collections - ArticleHistory Icons: The Rosa Parks Bus
Learn how we acquired and restored the bus on which Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.