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- Bus Production, General Motors Truck and Coach Division, Pontiac, Michigan, 1980 - In this 1980 photograph, rapid transit buses move down the assembly line at the General Motors Truck & Bus Division in Pontiac, Michigan. These buses were part of an order for 940 vehicles bound for the Southern California Rapid Transit District in Los Angeles.
- February 01, 1980
- Collections - Artifact
Bus Production, General Motors Truck and Coach Division, Pontiac, Michigan, 1980
In this 1980 photograph, rapid transit buses move down the assembly line at the General Motors Truck & Bus Division in Pontiac, Michigan. These buses were part of an order for 940 vehicles bound for the Southern California Rapid Transit District in Los Angeles.
- 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.
- December 01, 1955
- Collections - 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.