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Learn how the bus on which Rosa Parks sat that day in 1955 was restored—going from a discarded relic in an Alabama field to one of the most popular artifacts in Henry Ford Museum. The Rosa Parks Museum, located at the site of Parks’ famous arrest, is centered on Parks’ story and its place in the Civil Rights Movement and features a restored bus and other artifacts. Phone: (334) 241-8615. Address: 252 Montgomery Street, Montgomery, AL, United States. Cost: $7.50 (Adults), $5.50 (Children) The bus where Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat during the Civil Rights era has been restored and is now at a Michigan museum. The Museum uses the bus to represent the particular story of Rosa Parks within the broader context of the Civil Rights movement. 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. The Montgomery city bus aboard which Rosa Parks defied segregation sat as a rusted storage shed before The Henry Ford acquired it in 2001. Today, the fully restored bus in Henry Ford Museum stands as an inspiring reminder of her courageous activism. 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 Rosa Parks Museum is located on the Troy University at Montgomery satellite campus, in Montgomery, Alabama. [1] It has information, exhibits, and some artifacts from the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott. This museum is named after civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who is known for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person on a city bus. [2] 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 row on the left. Library. Learn More About HistoryView VR That bus was once in ruins, but now it sits at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. Before it was part of the fleet in Montgomery, Alabama, it was built in Metro Detroit. The Rosa Parks Museum: Collects, preserves, and exhibits artifacts relevant to the life and lessons of Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the Civil Rights Movement. Provides educational programs and scholarly resources for K-12, adult, and lifelong learners. 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. Email the Rosa Parks Museum at rosaparks@troy.edu. Phone Numbers: Tour Reservations: 334-241-8661; Gift Shop: 334-241-8616; Museum Information: 334-241-8615; Students will analyze Rosa Parks' evolving activism during the Black Freedom Movement using primary source sets created from the Library of Congress exhibit "Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words.” Students will use the evolving hypothesis strategy to answer the focus question. The Montgomery Bus Boycott exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum features a vintage city bus. Visitors can go inside the bus and sit next to a figure of Rosa Parks. Xavier, Yadina and Brad join Rosa Parks on the bus, where they learn that dark-skinned people like her have to sit at the back and give up their seats for wh 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. 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 Blue Star Museum: The Freedom Rides Museum proudly offers free admission to active duty military personnel and their families between Memorial Day and Labor Day. U.S. Civil Rights Trail: The Freedom Rides Museum is now recognized as an official destination on the trail along with more than 100 locations across 14 states. County Connection honors Ms. Rosa Parks’ defiance of racial segregation laws while riding a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. Her courage forever changed public transportation and the course of American history. Note: You can find a commemorative sticker on each County Connection bus placed in honor of Rosa Parks, right in the area 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.
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