Editor’s note: In 2018, I asked to interview a curator at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan to learn how they acquired the Rosa Parks bus. Rosa was sitting on Montgomery, Alabama Bus No. 2857 on Dec. 1, 1955. She decided that day to stand up for her civil rights by sitting in her…
The Henry Ford Museum Acquires the Rosa Parks Bus
Featured image above: The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation acquired Montgomery City Bus No. 2857, the Rosa Parks Bus, in 2001 after submitting the winning bid at an auction. (Photo: RET)