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navarth

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27. Yup. The Rosa Parks bus at the Henry Ford Museum. I was there last year a couple of times

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #21)

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 12:57 PM

Jul 2013

and their civil rights exhibit is pretty impressive. I talked to one of the curators and she told me this bus had been sitting in somebody's back yard rusting for decades. After the museum located it, they spent hundreds of thousands purchasing and restoring it. It really is something to see if you're ever in Detroit.

They also have the chair Lincoln was sitting in when he was shot. Pretty spooky.

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POTUS & FLOTUS look out doorway where slaves departed from Goree Island [View all] Triana Jun 2013 OP

A very poignant pic indeed. nt silvershadow Jun 2013 #1

Great pic. bigwillq Jun 2013 #2

Door of No Return/Portal of Sorrow > I had to look up Goree Island on Wiki & got choked up reading: KittyWampus Jun 2013 #3

Haunting. K&R demmiblue Jun 2013 #4

Yes it is. It's a picture for the history books. AtomicKitten Jun 2013 #11

"One picture is worth..........." JohnnyLib2 Jun 2013 #5

We've come so far navarth Jun 2013 #6

So is this... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #21

Yup. The Rosa Parks bus at the Henry Ford Museum. I was there last year a couple of times navarth Jul 2013 #27

Damn, ugly part of history Iliyah Jun 2013 #7

It isn't just those two, or a few blacks FreedRadical Jun 2013 #17

Just so stark... Hekate Jun 2013 #8

Named after my ancestor Recursion Jun 2013 #9

That has to be emotional dbackjon Jun 2013 #10

wow arely staircase Jun 2013 #12

Emmitt Smith 4Q2u2 Jun 2013 #13

It must cause White Supremacists pain to know they will NEVER be able to own slaves again... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #14

Bad spot for the roof drain grahamhgreen Jun 2013 #15

I'm wondering how one goes about.... TinkerTot55 Jun 2013 #16

Here is a larger version of the photo, credited to Triana Jun 2013 #24

Many thanks. TinkerTot55 Jun 2013 #25

A fantastic photo! kentuck Jun 2013 #18

where did most of those slaves end up ? JI7 Jun 2013 #19

Enslaved forever far from home. jaysunb Jun 2013 #20

I visited there in 1985 Turbineguy Jun 2013 #22

White House Diary entry on this visit: Triana Jun 2013 #23

That's gotta be a chilling JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #26