Back of the Bus: Illustrations by Floyd Cooper

Floyd Cooper’s powerful children’s book illustrations depict a fictional account by Aaron Reynolds of Rosa Parks’ 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.  

Whether or not you go, Back of the Bus recounts the pivotal arrest of Rosa Parks at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement.

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