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Rosa Parks statue unveiled

Rosa Parks becomes the first black woman to be honored with a full-length statue in the Capitol's Statuary Hall.
A Montgomery (Ala.) Sheriff\'s Department booking photo of Rosa Parks taken Feb 22, 1956, after she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Ala.
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Feb 22, 1956

A Montgomery (Ala.) Sheriff's Department booking photo of Rosa Parks taken Feb 22, 1956, after she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Ala.

Credit: AP Photo/Montgomery County Sheriff's office

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