Rosa Parks is not only being remembered with words but also with at least one unusual tribute. The bus she made famous is draped in black.
The Detroit-area museum that is the home of the bus from Montgomery, Ala., is using black crepe to adorn the bus, and it will stand in the center plaza of the Henry Ford Center in Dearborn, Mich.
The bus is the one Parks was riding Dec. 1, 1955, when she refused to give up her seat to a white man. It was restored with a $300,000 federal grant by using parts from other buses that were made in 1948.
The curator of political history at the museum says people get to take a seat on the bus, and then hear about "an extraordinary event on a very ordinary bus."
Credits: The Associated Press
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