Dublin Core
Title
1955/2000s: Rosa Parks bus
Subject
Transportation, Buses, Public Transportation, American history, Civil Rights, Rosa Parks, Henry Ford Museum, Montgomery, Alabama
Description
This is the bus Rosa Parks was riding when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955. At the time, Jim Crow laws in Alabama demanded that seating on buses be racially segregated. Ms. Parks' action sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and became an important episode in the Civil Rights movement. The bus was identified through the bus company's records, and purchased and restored by the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
Creator
C, Maia
Source
Maia C.'s photostream on Flickr
Publisher
Auburn University LIbraries
Date
1955-12-01
Contributor
Caudle, Dana M.
Rights
Creative Commons license, non-derivative
Format
jpg
Language
English
Type
still image
Identifier
Rosa_Parks_bus.jpg
Coverage
United States -- Alabama -- Montgomery County -- Montgomery
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
digital photograph