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On September 15, 1996, President Clinton awarded Rosa Parks the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor given by the U.S. executive branch. Rosa was unable to attend the White House ceremony on September 9 in which ten other distinguished Americans were recognized, thus she received her medal alone in an Oval Office ceremony. Oval Office, President Clinton, President William Jefferson Clinton, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Rosa Parks, White House Citation White House Photograph Office, “President Clinton presents Rosa Parks with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the Oval Office,” Clinton Digital Library , accessed January 29, 2025, (15 Sep 1996) English/NatU-S President Bill Clinton honoured civil rights heroine Rosa Parks on Saturday at the annual dinner of the Congressional Black Cauc Rosa Parks with President Bill Clinton Rosa received many honors in her lifetime, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. In 1999, she was also awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. President Clinton presented the nation's highest civilian honor, The president said Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus helped spark the civil rights BILL CLINTON: Rosa Parks ignited the most significant social movement in modern American history. To finish the work that spawned the Civil War and redeemed the promise of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Weather problems from Hurricane Fran disrupted airline schedules and Parks was not able to attend last Monday's ceremonies in which 10 other distinguished Americans also were recognized. Parks continues to work on human rights issues and founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development in Detroit, which offers career training In 1996, President Bill Clinton bestowed upon Rosa Parks the Presidential Medal of Freedom, another highly esteemed civilian honor. This award recognized her extraordinary efforts in advancing civil rights and her lifelong commitment to social justice. Clinton's shout out to Rosa Parks. January 27, 1998 1998 State of the Union Address. President Bill Clinton delivered his fifth State of the Union address to members of the House and Senate, the President Clinton said at a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol, “In so many ways, Rosa Parks brought America home to our founders’ dream.” Congresswoman Julia Carson (D-IN.), who introduced the legislation called Parks “the mother of the civil rights movement.” The audience included members of Congress and many civil rights activists. Français : Rosa Parks primée par Bill Clinton. Date: 14 September 1996: Author: Rosa Parks Papers, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (072.00.00) “I am pleased that Rosa Parks, who taught us a lot about dignity and equality, is now working to open a charter school in Detroit,” President Bill Clinton told the NAACP as he pitched charter schools to its national convention in 1997. “And I urge you to consider doing so in your communities. Rosa Parks ignited the most significant social movement inmodern American history to finish the work that spawned the Civil Warand redeem the promise of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. Rosa Parks said, "I didn't get on that bus to get arrested. I got on that bus to go home." In so many ways, Rosa Parks brought America home, to our Founders' dream. You know, when we look across the history of the civil rights movement, we celebrate President Lincoln and the Congress of that era for the Constitutional amendments. Award in 1980. In 1996, President Bill Clinton awarded Rosa Parks the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor given to a civilian, and in 1999 the United States Congress honored Rosa Parks with the Congressional Gold Medal. Rosa Parks resided in Detroit until her passing at the age of 92 on October 24, 2005. On October 27, the United 1 photograph : color print ; sheet 10 x 15 cm. | Photograph shows Rosa Parks, Elaine Steele, President Bill Clinton, Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and others on a podium during an event rally along the train route, possibly in Michigan. 1 photograph : color print ; sheet 20.3 x 25.3 cm. Photo, Print, Drawing [Rosa Parks at the White House with President Bill Clinton after receiving the 1996 Presidential Medal of Freedom, Washington, D.C.] 3,471 Followers, 0 Following, 21 Posts - Rosa Parks (@official.rosa.parks) on Instagram Bill Clinton awarded me the Presidential Medal of Freedom on September 9 In 1942, Fred Korematsu was an average 23-year-old California native working as a shipyard welder. But when he refused to obey Executive Order 9006, which sent 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry into internment camps, he became something extraordinary--a civil rights champion. Parks also received many honors, including the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal in 1979, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996, and in 1999, President Bill Clinton recognized Mrs. Parks with the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor, the highest honor awarded to an American civilian.
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