This black and white photograph depicts civil rights activist Rosa Parks sitting on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1956. The image shows Parks sitting near the front of the bus, in a section designated for "colored" passengers, while white passengers are seated behind her. This image captures a historic moment in the Civil Rights Movement, when Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, an act of defiance that led to her arrest and sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Parks is seen sitting calmly with her hands in her lap, looking out the window, embodying the quiet strength and determination that made her a symbol of the fight for equal rights.
