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Authorized by the Congress in 2005, the statue of Rosa Parks is historically significant as being the first full-length statue of an African American person in the U.S. Capitol. It is also the first statue commissioned by the Congress since 1873. Rosa Parks is a 2013 bronze sculpture depicting the African-American civil rights activist of the same name, installed in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall, as part of the collection of the Architect of the Capitol. Rosa Parks will be honored with a new statue in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday, 64 years to the day she was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a city bus. One hundred years after she was born and 58 years after she refused to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus, Rosa Parks has a permanent place in the halls of Congress. President Obama was one of the leaders on hand for the unveiling of the statue this morning. WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s most powerful politicians honored Rosa Parks on Wednesday by unveiling her statue in a permanent place in the U.S. Capitol. President Barack Obama praised Parks as an enduring reminder of what true leadership requires, “no matter how humble or lofty our positions.” Rosa Parks has been honored in all three of these ways in the past quarter century. Unveiled in 2013, the statue of Mrs. Parks in the Capitol allows all who walk by to contemplate her legacy. Rosa Parks, the civil rights pioneer, will make history again today becoming the first African American woman to have her likeness depicted in the Capitol's Statuary Hall. WASHINGTON — More than half a century after Rosa Parks helped kindle the civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama, she has become the first black woman MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new statue of civil rights legend Rosa Parks was unveiled Wednesday in Montgomery. The public can view the work of art in Montgomery’s Legacy Plaza, located across More than half a century after she refused to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus, Rosa Parks has an immovable place in the U.S. Capitol — the first black woman to be honored with a The Equal Justice Initiative Wednesday unveiled a statue of Rosa Parks at its Legacy Museum in Montgomery on Wednesday, part of a broader effort to memorialize civil rights icons. In the coming months, statues for Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis will also be erected at the museum, connected with the National Memorial for Peace and Justice Rosa Parks launched a seminal moment in the civil rights movement through a single act of courage. Her strength motivated many to follow in her footsteps and now her presence, through a new sculpture on Georgia Tech’s campus, will inspire generations to come. It is the first and only statue of Parks in New Jersey, and she is the only woman honored with a statue in this Complex. Rosa Parks (1913-2005) was a civil rights activist who got famous when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man on December 1st, 1955. Her act sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, one of the founding events in US Rosa M. Parks (1913-2005) was arrested on a Montgomery bus December 1, 1955 for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest, which happened 2 blocks west on Montgomery Street, sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was led by the Montgomery Improvement Association and culminated in 1956 with Browder v. On February 27th, 2013, Rosa Parks, the civil rights icon, made history again when her statue was unveiled in the US Capitol’s National Statuary Hall, the first full-length statue of an African American in the Capitol. Rosa Parks (1913-2005) was born and raised in Alabama. She lived on a farm, attended the African Methodist Episcopal Church B. A statue of Rosa Parks was erected in Washington, D.C. C. Barack Obama became the President of the United States of America. D. Rosa Parks challenged her arrest with the help of Martin Luther King, Jr. 3. Rosa Parks was passionate about equality and freedom. What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion? Rosa Parks has been honored with a statue at the US Capitol in Washington Image: J. Scott Applewhite/AP/picture alliance The decision not to give up her seat on the bus was a logical consequence In 2013, Congressional leaders unveiled a statue of Mrs. Rosa Parks in the U.S. Capitol to honor her legacy. The statue presents her sitting down, holding her purse tightly — an embodiment of the oft-shared dominant narrative that she was tired so she sat down on the bus. Q: Has the idea for a national/federal Rosa Parks holiday been scrapped? A: No. The day Auntie Rosie was arrested has been selected, but with the House divided, it will make for interesting politics. Q: Have you learned anything new about Rosa Parks in the last 15 years? A: A deeper dive continues. The more I learn, the more I become a better This morning, EJI unveiled a new statue honoring civil rights legend Rosa Parks at Legacy Plaza, across from the Legacy Museum in downtown Montgomery, Alabama. The sculpture of Mrs. Parks is the first of three statues that will be erected in Legacy Plaza in the coming months.
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