Historical Presenter with Guests inside the Rosa Parks Bus in Henry Ford Museum, 2006

THF16308 / Historical Presenter with Guests inside the Rosa Parks Bus in Henry Ford Museum, 2006

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Digital image

Subject Date

2006

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Object ID

EI.1929.2218

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Multicolored

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Digital images Photographs Studio portraits Buses Civil rights movements Guides (People) Museum exhibits Museums Visitors Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum

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.