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This site explores the impact of the Jim Crow Laws. It starts by giving you a brief background about the civil rights movement. It divides the US up by regions and discusses the right of blacks in each area, which is helpful in understanding what it was like where Rosa lived. There are many examples included for each state on how the laws were implemented. In Alabama, all passenger bus stations in this state operated by any motor transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms or space and separate ticket windows for the white and colored races. This was on top of separate seating areas once aboard the bus.

I really enjoyed this site. The picture of the bus is only black and white and taken from the inside. This site offers a look at the bus from the outside and in color. I never knew the bus was displayed at Detroit Henry Ford Museum. There is also a picture of Rosa being finger printed. This site not only describes what is going on in the picture, but gives you background on Rosa, everything from her demographics to her fears and jobs. Definitely some interesting information.

The "OnInnovation" website is a really wonderful extension of the Henry Ford Museum.  The Henry Ford Museum is located in Dearborn, MI, very close to Detroit, where Parks resided.  It is known for having restored and exhibited the actual bus in which Parks refused to give up her seat.  This website provides video commentary on the life and impact of Parks provided by museum curators.  The photo is displayed here under the heading "Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Hero." On this site, we see that Parks expresses her desire to possess the same qualities as Septima Clark, a woman who was also in attendance at a seminar Parks attended on civil rights.  This is the first time I have seen a website include this quote by Parks recognizing Septima's influence.

Because of Rosa Park's fearless defiance towards the bus driver that placed her in jail, an act that was a social norm at this time, the NAACP was able to take on her case with success of getting it to the Supreme Court, to end these segregation laws, which forced people of color to yield to people of white skin whenever a seat is needed. The individuals which were part of the NAACP and The Women's Political Council were powerful in drafting three demands for the bus company: that seating is available on a strictly first-come, first-served basis; that drivers conduct themselves with greater civility to black passengers; and that black drivers are hired for predominately black routes. On refusal of the bus company to comply with the stated demands as I've pointed out above, the Montgomery Improvement Association was formed and elected as president was Martin Luther King. With subsequent campaigns by King, the boycott lasted a whole year. King defended injunction of the M-I-A. Rosa Park's case was ruled in favor by the Supreme Court, and on the 21 of December 1956 bus segregation had ended. Martin Luther King joined Ralph Abernathy and other boycott leaders for a ride on the first desegregated bus. This site is useful to this image because it points out the rigorous and at times dangerous processes in fighting for equality. It is also useful because it briefly explained in this era the leaders involved like Mr. King and Mr. Abernathy. I have always thought that Mrs. Parks fought the battle of jail time and making a difference in her time mostly by herself.

This website gives a comprehensive overview of the event that made Rosa Parks famous; her refusal to continue to follow the established rules that she should sit at the back of the bus. The site not only talks about the event itself but also contains much information about Rosa Parks including a video and biography of this iconic figure.

This site, while covering Martin Luther King Jr. and his struggles for Civil Rights, also covers the U.S. Supreme Court case Browder v. Gayle of 1956 that was a direct result of the bus boycott started in 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to sit at the back of the bus. The Court ruled Alabama's segregated busing was unconstitutional and de-segregated buses began running in Montgomery, Alabama in Dec. 1956

This is a great site for finding out information about African Americans and their history and struggle for Civil Rights. It also gives current information about Black Artists and writers. The Montgomery Bus Boycott is also discussed on this site and an account of the shameful conditions with which African American bus riders were faced and the insults that were thrown at them by their white co-passengers gives us an insight into why the Boycott was such an important battle to win.

This website provides more context and background to the infamous moment on the Montgomery bus captured in the initial image shown. The lore states that Parks refused to give up the seat because her feet were tired after a long day of working but in reality, she was aware of plans of local activists to challenge the bus laws. Her arrest propelled the civil rights movement forward and resulted in a year long bus boycott. This website presents Rosa Parks angle differently than most others tend to. It's interesting to see her described as a part of the movement as opposed to someone who just happened to be somewhere.

This site tells the story of the infamous day when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. Rosa Parks gives her own detailed description of the days events. In my opinion her most interesting thought was that she had no idea that what she had just done would change the course of American history forever. She had no idea of how people would react to her arrest. This is useful in exploring the image because now you have some first hand dialogue to go with the image after visiting this website.