Rosa Parks Bus in Henry Ford Museum, Special Exhibit Marking Rosa Parks' Death, October 2005

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Artifact Details

Artifact

Digital image

Subject Date

October 2005

Creators

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.1695

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Technique

Digital imaging

Color

Multicolored

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Digital images Photographs Buses Civil rights leaders Commemorations Museums Museum exhibits Reporters and reporting Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 Daniels, Jesse Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum

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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.