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Rosa Parks
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Collections - articleBe an Innovator - like Rosa Parks
In honor of Rosa Parks’ 100th birthday and our Day of Courage celebration earlier this year, the education team at The Henry Ford has developed a special educational activity book for children that focuses on social innovation and the way the civil r
Collections - articleSegregated Travel and the Uncommon Courage of Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a soft-spoken African American seamstress, was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Collections - articleThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Check out our book review of Jeanne Theoharis’ The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks--an exceptional work that offers real history beyond the myth of Parks as a tired seamstress.
Collections - articlePresidents, Artifacts, and Taking a Seat in History
Hear from a long-time member of The Henry Ford what a recent photograph of President Barack Obama sitting on the Rosa Parks Bus means to her.
Collections - articleHistory Icons: The Rosa Parks Bus
Learn how we acquired and restored the bus on which Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
Collections - popular research topicWhat If I Don’t Move to the Back of the Bus?
Rosa Parks turned a single act of defiance into a defining moment of the modern American civil rights movement.
Collections - article60th Anniversary of Rosa Parks’ Courageous Act
In honor of the 60th anniversary of Rosa Parks' courageous act, we take a moment to reflect on her legacy. Read more at The Henry Ford blog.
Collections - articleQuiet & Loud Protest
Protest can be both loud and quiet. Prints by Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., and Corita Kent, as well as items related to Angela Davis, showcase how artist-activists have used graphics to demand change.
Collections - articleNational Day of Courage
On February 4, The Henry Ford is celebrating what would have been Rosa Parks’ 100th birthday with a National Day of Courage. Find out what's in store.
Collections - articleCurating & Preserving The Rosa Parks Bus
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 of American Innovation.