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The statue is close to nine feet tall including its pedestal. The bronze statue weighs 600 pounds and the granite pedestal, partially hollowed out inside, weighs 2,100 pounds. The pedestal is made of Raven Black granite and inscribed simply with her name and life dates, "Rosa Parks/1913–2005." Podcast Episode: Reflections On Rosa Parks 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. The statue was sculpted by Eugene Daub and co-designed by Rob Firmin. [1] Statue-makers usually render Rosa in her famous bus seat, with an adjacent empty sitting space to encourage human bonding. The next step in this approach, and perhaps not the last, is "Continuing the Conversation," a bronze-and-granite sculpture unveiled on the campus of Georgia Tech on April 5, 2018. The sculpture has not one, but two sitting The statue shows Parks sitting with her hands folded neatly in her lap, reminiscent of the day of her arrest. Her action echoed Martin Luther King Jr’s notion that civil disobedience could be The statue of Parks, 9 feet tall and in bronze, will be in Statuary Hall, where the House of Representatives met in the early 1800s. It is part of a collection of 100 in five locations in the Capitol. 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 It is the first statue of a woman on campus and one of the few in Atlanta. Rosa Parks (1913-2005) joined the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and became its secretary in 1943. Parks took the bus home after work on December 1st, 1955. Rosa Parks. This statue depicts Rosa 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 Statue Unveiling February 27, 2013. Rosa Parks' statue was unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol, approximately 100 years after her Rosa Parks became the first African-American woman to receive a statue in the Capitol on Wednesday, in a ceremony where she was honored for her courage as a civil rights leader. 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 statue Parks devoted her life to fighting for the cause of equal rights. The statue was unveiled on October 1st, 2014, and was created by the Oregon artist, Thomas Jay Warren. The statue depicts Parks sitting on a bus seat, smiling, holding her purse. 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. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector) APA citation style: Highsmith, C. M., photographer. (2014) A life-size bronze statue of African-American civil-rights stalwart Rosa Parks, sitting on a bus bench, the focal point of a plaza at a Dallas Area Rapid Transit, or DART, station that was completed inin Dallas, Texas. 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. On Thursday, April 5, hundreds of visitors and members of the Tech community gathered in Harrison Square for the dedication of a statue commemorating the life and accomplishments of Rosa Parks titled “Continuing the Conversation.” The statue depicts two representations of Parks sitting: one at age 42, and one at age 92. A statue of Rosa Parks was unveiled in Montgomery, Alabama. [167] 2021: On January 20, a bust of Rosa Parks by Artis Lane was added to the Oval Office when Joe Biden began his presidency. The sculpture is currently displayed next to Augustus Saint-Gaudens' bust of Abraham Lincoln. [168] 2023: Rosa Parks statue approved for Alabama State Capitol Artist Behind Rosa Parks Statue: She Was 'Superwoman Dressed In Clark Kent's Clothes' President Obama and the top congressional leaders gathered at the Capitol on Wednesday morning for the 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. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) delivers remarks during the unveiling ceremony for the Rosa Park statue in the U.S. Capitol Building on February 27, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Rosa Parks was an African-American civil rights activist whose statue will be the first African American woman to be honored with a full-length statue in the Capitol's Statuary Hall. 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.
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