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Rosa Parks

  • Stamp of Rosa Parks, 2013
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    National 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.
  • This April 1956 issue of Liberation magazine featured the Montgomery bus boycott on its cover. / THF139343
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    The 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.
  • a lime green and yellow bus with a white roof
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    Segregated 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.
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    Just 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.
  • Rosa Parks Visiting Mattox House in Greenfield Village, 1992 (Object ID: P.B.108917.7)
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    The 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.
  • Close up view of the street stop at the top of the front of the exterior of the bus
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    Curating & 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.
  • Rosa Parks Bus Driver Side view
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    The 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.
  • President Obama sitting in Rosa Parks Bus
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    Presidents, 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.
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    60th 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.
  • The unrestored Rosa Parks bus, arriving at Henry Ford Museum.
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    History Icons: The Rosa Parks Bus

    Learn how we acquired and restored the bus on which Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.