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A forensic document examiner was hired to see if the scrapbook was authentic. A Museum conservator went to Montgomery to personally examine the bus. Convinced that this was the Rosa Parks bus, we decided to bid on the bus in the Internet auction. The bidding began at $50,000 on October 25, 2001, and went until 2:00 AM the next morning. Rosa Parks Bus in Montgomery, Alabama, 2000-2001, before Acquisition by The Henry Ford. Digital image. Notes in a scrapbook kept by a Montgomery City bus lines manager helped The Henry Ford confirm that bus #2857 was the site of Rosa Parks's 1955 stand against segregation laws. The Henry Ford acquired bus #2857, then a rusted storage shed, in 2001. According to the Henry Ford museum website, the Rosa Parks bus project received a whopping $205,000 through the Save America’s Treasures Program to help assist the restoration. – The bus on which Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat is a symbol of her defiance that changed the course of history in America. That bus was once in ruins, but now it sits at the Henry Ford According to the Henry Ford museum website, the Rosa Parks bus project received a whopping $205,000 through the Save America’s Treasures Program to help assist the restoration. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which lasted for 381 days until segregation on public buses was repealed. Parks’ stance and the boycott were important events that raised awareness for the civil rights movement. Today, the bus is preserved at the Henry Ford Museum. In this model, board the bus and take Parks’ seat in the third If you aren’t familiar with it, stop reading now and go to the excellent article in American Heritage magazine by William S. Pretzer, who was the curator at the Henry Ford Museum responsible for the research, acquisition, restoration, and interpretation of the Rosa Parks bus between 2001 and 2006. Then click back here, because there’s more. In September 2002, the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities excitedly announced, “The bus in which Rosa Parks helped inaugurate the civil rights movement will be restored in Dearborn, Mich., by Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.” You can visit the bus yourself at the Henry Ford Museum located at 20900 Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn, MI 48124‑5029. Who was Rosa Parks? Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott . 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, challenging existing segregation laws. Many believe Rosa Parks' act was the event that sparked the civil rights movement. 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. Summary. 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. Visitors can board and sit on the bus, feel what it was like for Rosa Parks on that day, and hear an actual recounting of the event by Rosa Parks herself. This bus would likely be considered iconic if it had been collected and displayed at another museum or even if it was still sitting neglected out in the field of its last private owner. Sparking a Social Transformation. It’s one of the most famous moments in modern American civil rights history: On the chilly evening of December 1, 1955, at a bus stop on a busy street in the capital of Alabama, a 42-year-old seamstress boarded a segregated city bus to return home after a long day of work, taking a seat near the middle, just behind the front “white” section. On December 1, 1955, African-American seamstress Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white man, breaking existing segregation laws in that town. Her courageous act led to a city-wide bus boycott and is said to have sparked the Civil Rights movement. Learn more about social movements, Civil Rights, and Rosa Parks at The Henry Ford. 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 seg Rosa Parks Bus. 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. 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. Object ID. 2008.171.1547. Credit. From the Collections of The Henry Ford. The unrestored bus, arriving at Henry Ford Museum. Cleaning the bus to prepare it for restoration. After nearly five months of restoration, with support from the Save America's Treasures grant program, the Rosa Parks bus made its return to the floor of Henry Ford Museum on February 1, 2002.
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