In the 1950s blacks were not allowed to sit in the front half of public buses. They were expected to go to the back of the bus. And if a white person wanted their seat, the black was expected to give up their seat to the white person. Rose Parks refused to do this 1955.The Rosa Parks Museum is a good tribute to Rosa Parks.The waiting room before going into the exhibits highlights civil rights leaders in US history.This exhibit dramatizes Rosa Parks on the bus in 1955Here, Rosa is sitting on a seat, and the bus driver is telling her she needs to give up her seat.She refused, so now the police have been called in.After Parks’ arrest, people on the bus watch with emotion.Martin Luther King exhibit.Churches were active in opposing the way buses were conducted.One of Rosa Parks’ coats.
