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Rosa Parks honored with a statue in Montgomery, Alabama

 

(CNN)Rosa Parks was honored with a new statue in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday, 64 years to the day she was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a city bus.

Sunday marks the second annual Rosa Parks Day in Alabama, after the Legislature approved the honor for the civil rights icon last year.
Events were slated to take place throughout the weekend, including the dedication of a statueSunday afternoon.
A statue of Rosa Parks, seen here, is unveiled in Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday, December 1, 2019.
“Today, on the second official Rosa Parks Day, we honor a seamstress and a servant, one whose courage ran counter to her physical stature,” said Mayor Steven Reed, the city’s first African American mayor. “She was a consummate contributor to equality and did so with a quiet humility that is an example for all of us.”
“No person ever stood so tall,” Gov. Kay Ivey said, “as did Rosa Parks when she sat down.”

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