print email comment close The Rosa Parks Bus at the Henry Ford Museum URL: http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/rosaparks/ Description: "On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American woman who worked as a seamstress, boarded ... [a] Montgomery City bus to go home from work. On this bus on that day, Rosa Parks initiated a new era in the American quest for freedom and equality." This site provides information about the restoration of this historic bus and images of the bus. Also includes a chronology, a bibliography, and links to additional information. From the Henry Ford Museum. Publisher: Henry Ford Museum Extra Keywords bus boycott civil rights segregation Alabama black Library of Congress Subject Headings: Buses -- Conservation and restoration Civil rights movements -- United States -- History Historic preservation Parks, Rosa, 1913- People Segregation in transportation -- Alabama -- Montgomery LII Database Information: Record 19508 created by Maria Brandt on 10/30/2005 Last modification on 11/02/2005 Published: 11/03/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19508