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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. 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. 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. In this episode, we spoke to longtime staff about Rosa Parks -- their memories of days she was celebrated in the Capitol, their experiences speaking every day about someone who is often remembered for just one day, and the ways her story resonates in their own lives. 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. 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. 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.” 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 Late US civil rights leader Rosa Parks has been honoured with a commemorative statue in the US Capitol building in Washington DC. Parks became an icon in 1955 after her arrest for 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. Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg the first woman to lie in state at the US Capitol or was Rosa Parks? Alabama native and civil rights icon Rosa Parks received a similar honor when she died in 2005. Here Mendoza still hopes to have it returned to the US one day, where it can serve as a monument to the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks died in 2005 at the age of 92. She lay in honor in the Capitol Rotunda and was the first woman to be afforded this recognition. She was also the first Black US woman to be honored with a statue in the Capitol. United States Capitol. 11:45 A.M. EST. THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Leader Reid, Leader McConnell, Leader Pelosi, Assistant Leader Clyburn; to the friends and family of Rosa Parks; to the distinguished guests who are gathered here today. This morning, we celebrate a seamstress, slight in stature but mighty in courage. On February 27, 2013, while in office, former president Barack Obama delivered the following address dedicating the Rosa Parks st atue in the National Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol building. Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist who was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give The body of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was flown to Washingon DC Sunday night to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. She is the first woman and second African American to lie in state. The US states that sent the statues, not Congress nor the Architect of the Capitol, are authorized to remove them. Kansas was the first state to replace a statue in 2003, and the first state to replace both in 2022. When Rosa passed away on October 24, 2005, at the age of 92, people around the world mourned her loss. Her body lay in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, an honor reserved for only a few great Americans. Why Rosa Parks Matters. Rosa Parks’ story is a reminder that courage doesn’t always come with loud speeches or grand gestures. In 2013, Congress added her statue to the U.S. Capitol, making her the first Black woman represented in Statuary Hall. Before her death, she noted that “racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” On this day in 2005, the casket of Rosa Parks, a civil rights pioneer, was placed in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol for two days of public viewing. Rosa Parks statue by Eugene Daub (2013), in National Statuary Hall, United States Capitol 1963: Inspired by the Montgomery boycott, Paul Stephenson initiated a bus boycott in Bristol , England, to protest against the refusal of a local bus company to employ black and Asian drivers and conductors.
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