Rosa Parks Bus outside Charles H. Wright Museum, Where Rosa Parks Lay in Repose, November 1, 2005

THF9002 / Rosa Parks Bus outside Charles H. Wright Museum, Where Rosa Parks Lay in Repose, November 1, 2005

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Digital image

Subject Date

01 November 2005

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Object ID

EI.1929.1677

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Technique

Digital imaging

Color

Multicolored

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Detroit Digital images Photographs Buses Funeral rites and ceremonies Mourning customs Museums Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 Bryk, Nancy Villa Pretzer, William S. Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

Artifact
Rosa Parks Bus
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's act was the event that sparked the Civil Rights movement.