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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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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 ...

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.

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.