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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 Rosa Parks was 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. 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. The Equal Justice Initiative has unveiled a new statue honoring Rosa Parks — the first in a series of statues that will pay homage to icons of the Civil Rights Movement in Montgomery. Rosa Parks ‘ refusal to move to the back of a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement. On Wednesday, just a few blocks from where she was arrested, a new statue of Parks made its debut, commemorating her bravery and seminal contribution to the struggle for equal rights. The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has unveiled a new statue honoring civil rights leader, Rosa Parks at the Legacy Plaza in downtown Montgomery. This statue of Parks is the first to come to the plaza in the coming months. A statue of civil rights activist Rosa Parks is unveiled at the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama on Feb. 14, 2024. The statue of Parks is one of three that will honor civil rights icons. Statues of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis are also planned. A new statue of Civil Rights legend, Rosa Parks, has been unveiled in Montgomery, Alabama. The statue now stands in Montgomery's Legacy Plaza. It was created by Atlanta sculptor Basil Watson who recently created a statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for the city of Atlanta. Court Square was packed for the unveiling of a new statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks downtown Sunday. At least 400 people showed up for the unveiling of the statue at the downtown City officials in Montgomery, Alabama, unveiled a new statue of Rosa Parks on Sunday, exactly 64 years after the civil rights pioneer was arrested for violating segregation laws and refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. Alum Clydetta Fulmer sculpts iconic Rosa Parks statue in Montgomery, Alabama . Clydetta Fulmer (’70) created a life-size, bronze statue of the civil rights icon to commemorate Montgomery’s bicentennial celebration and the anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 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. Gov. Kay Ivey and Reed took part in pulling down a shroud to unveil the statue at Montgomery Plaza at the Court Street Fountain, 30 feet from the spot where Parks is believed to have boarded the Rosa Parks' statue was unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol, approximately 100 years after her birth on February 4, 1913. This statue depicts Parks seated on a rock-like formation of which she seems almost a part, symbolizing her famous refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955. Rosa Parks honored with statue in Montgomery, Alabama 00:52. A new statue was dedicated to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks in Alabama's capital of Montgomery on Sunday. The bronze monument was The Alabama Women’s Tribute Statute Commission Tuesday approved a design for a Rosa Parks statue that will be installed at the top of the steps of the Alabama State Capitol. The statue, designed by artist Julia Knight, will face people coming up the steps. Parks, whose arrest on a Montgomery city bus in 1955 sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott “On the unveiling of a new statue of Rosa Parks, President Obama gave an eloquent speech honoring Parks’ life and activism.” Repeat provided information from the passage • “In his speech, President Obama praised Rosa Parks for her actions, which led to three hundred and eight-five days of the Montgomery Bus Rosa Parks Statue is standing in downtown Montgomery, AL, since it was unveiled on Dec 1st, 2019, 64 years after the day Parks got arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus. This arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott that challenged segregation on public buses. A statue of Rosa Parks was dedicated in Alabama’s capital Sunday, the 64th anniversary of her historic refusal to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. Skip Navigation. The Helen Keller statue will sit where the yellow measuring tape is pictured on Oct. 11, 2023 in front of the Alabama State House in Montgomery. (Alander Rocha/Alabama Reflector) The statue of Parks should be placed on the Alabama State Capitol steps, near the main entrance of the building, facing North Bainbridge St. at an angle.
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