Montgomery’s Court Square, where Parks caught the bus on Dec. 1, 1955, features a life-size statue of Parks. A statue of Parks also resides in the U.S. Capitol.

(READ MORE: Tennessee city adds statue for Black Civil War soldiers) Parks had been a civil rights activist for decades when she boarded a segregated bus in downtown Montgomery on Dec. 1, 1955.

It is not known when the statue will be ready for installation. Montgomery's Court Square, where Parks caught the bus on Dec. 1, 1955, features a life-size statue of Parks.

The statue, designed by artist Julia Knight, will depict Rosa Parks stepping on a platform and looking up. The design was chosen from 20 submissions.

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The statue will be placed approximately 30 feet from the spot where Parks is believed to have boarded the bus, said Ashley Ledbetter, executive director of the Montgomery Area Business Committee ...

Parks helped invigorate the civil rights movement in December 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.

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With less than two weeks remaining before the 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks's refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Ala., the House and Senate yesterday unanimously ...

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.

Montgomery’s Court Square, where Parks caught the bus on Dec. 1, 1955, features a life-size statue of Parks. A statue of Parks also resides in the U.S. Capitol.