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President Barack Obama Sits On The Famed Rosa Parks Bus. President Barack Obama sits on the famed Rosa Parks bus at the Henry Ford Museum following an event in Dearborn, Mich., April 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Featured in the Following Photo Galleries: April 2012: Photo of the Day During his trip to Detroit, yesterday, President Obama visited the Henry Ford Museum and had the opportunity to sit in the bus where in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to make way for President Barack Obama sits on the famed Rosa Parks bus at the Henry Ford Museum following an event in Dearborn, Mich., April 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents. Summary Obama Sits On Rosa Parks Bus Apr 19, 2012, 03:01 PM EDT | Updated Dec 6, 2017 President Barack Obama sat Wednesday for a moment inside the Montgomery, Ala., city bus where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. President Barack Obama sits on the famed Rosa Parks bus at the Henry Ford Museum following an event on April 18 in Dearborn, Mich. Pete Souza / The White House via Getty Images On December 1, 1955 African American Rosa Park boarded this bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sat in a seat reserved for "whites only," was arrested, and thus helped to begin the modern Civil Rights Movement in the United States. President Barack Obama visited the bus, now in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, in 2012. His statement marking the 60th anniversary of the Rosa Parks' action is President Barack Obama sits on the famed Rosa Parks bus at the Henry Ford Museum following an event in Dearborn, Mich., April 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Post By During a fundraising stop at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, President Obama took a moment to sit on the historic bus where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. The museum displays the 1948 GM bus on which, in Montgomery City, Alabama, in December 1955, black seamstress Rosa Parks took a seat near the front and refused to move to the back. The incident Poster Master Vintage Young Barack Obama Poster - Retro President Obama Print - Smoking Cigarette Art - Gift for Men & Women - Great Decor for Office, Bedroom or Living Room - 16x20 UNFRAMED Wall Art 4.7 out of 5 stars 15 5x7 Rosa Parks Bus Barack Obama PHOTO Civil Rights Icon Black President Hero, Black Segregation Activist ad vertisement by FAMOUSDOCS Ad vertisement from shop (WATCH: Rosa Parks statue unveiled) Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person on a Montgomery, Ala., bus in 1955, sparking her arrest and a bus boycott that eventually spurred desegregation. President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Malia Obama, center, watch the Fourth of July fireworks from the roof of the White House on July 4, 2014. Pete Souza / The White House Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955. Her actions White House photo. President Obama on Friday honored civil rights activist Rosa Parks with a proclamation marking the 100th anniversary of her birth. The president visited the historic bus “In 1955, Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her bus seat; 58 years later, President Obama gave a speech to commemorate a statue of Parks in the Capitol Building.” Make a claim, but do not address the writer’s rhetorical choices • • “On the unveiling of a new statue of Rosa Parks, President Obama gave Rosa Parks. Photo: Encyclopedia Britannica. Since the day she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a White man in 1955, Rosa Parks has been an icon of the post-war Civil Rights Movement. The famous photograph showing her seated on a bus has been enthusiastically referenced by liberals, conservatives, and corporations alike as representing a Seeing the photo of President Obama on the Rosa Parks bus is moving, we truly have made amazing strides in our lifetime. Whenever we visit The Henry Ford Museum we always visit the Rosa Parks bus. To see the her seat illuminated and hear her voice still gives us chills. She was a courageous lady. Amazon.com: ConversationPrints BARACK OBAMA ROSA PARKS BUS GLOSSY POSTER PICTURE PHOTO election president: Prints: Posters & Prints
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