Black History Month: 7 Cool, Must-See Civil Rights Landmarks and Tours

President Obama is just one of many visitors to the Rosa Parks Bus, located in Detroit at the Henry Ford Museum. In December 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white customer, her actions helped to fuel civil rights activism and push the movement even further along. Although Parks was arrested and convicted of violating the law of segregation (which later became known as Jim Crow Laws) she helped challenge the legality of such laws. Visiting the bus today, which is part of the “With Liberty and Justice for All” exhibit at the museum, will take you and the family into that moment and the tremendous impact it had on history.