No, it definitely talked about her role as an activist and it’s quite clear that she knew the law and was waiting for the right moment. There’s a middle section on the bus where a black person did not have to get up for a white person; that’s where she was sitting. They didn’t exactly say it but you understood from their presentation that as secretary of the NAACP she knew the specifics of the laws and sat in those seats as often as she could, just waiting for someone to try to make her move.
They also had a room with a long timeline of similar public transportation tests of civil rights laws, which I did not know about.
Of course I have learned about Rosa Parks’ role before but seeing the museum, I had a great respect for how she handled what was a dangerous and potentially riotous situation that evening with so much dignity and strength. The museum has a bus with silhouettes that appear in the windows explaining the events of the night; how crowded the bus was and how freighted the situation was. And then afterward I think there was something inside her that made people willing to stand behind her and press for change. I don’t think I’d seen until I went to the museum how much she inspired people, how still she was within herself.
I did not know the other names you mentioned. I will read the link.
