2013: Rosa Parks' statue was unveiled in the @uscapitol Statuary Hall, approximately 100yrs after her birth on 2/4/1913 #100yrsofWomenpic.twitter.com/yNibLZ4w8H
Rosa Parks remained an icon of the #civilrights movement until her death. In 1999, Congress honored her with a Congressional Gold Medal.
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The Rosa Parks statue: 1st full-length statue of an African American person in the
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It honors her famous refusal in 1955 to obey the driver's direction to move from her seat on the bus to make room for a white passenger.
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She was arrested & found guilty of disorderly conduct and violating a local ordinance for her act of defiance.
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Later, she served as secretary & receptionist to Rep. John Conyers until her retirement in 1988.
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She co-founded the Rosa L. Parks Scholarship Foundation in 1980 & the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development in 1987.
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