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 will forever remain a shining symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. On Sunday, Montgomery honored the heroine with a statue. Getty Images By Tanya A. Christian ·Updated November 4, 2020 ...

(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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Another statue commemorates Rosa Parks, who in 1955 refused to give up her seat and move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, spurring the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by King and ...

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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.