GM TDH 3610 1948
General Motors has also become a major player in the manufacture of buses, particularly since World War Two. Some of its models have marked the history of the domain, like this 1948-vintage vehicle that became famous when Rosa Parks rode it and refused to sit in the back instead of a place in the front, reserved at the time for white passengers. Her act of resistance is recognized today as one of the catalyzing elements of the America civil rights movement.
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The previous photo shows the “Rosa Parks bus” as it is now, on display at the Henry Ford museum in Detroit, Michigan. The vehicle was actually full restored after being found, incredibly, abandoned in a backyard.
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