'Her rightful place': Rosa Parks statue being unveiled in US Capitol

Bronze statue of Rosa Parks
deliverered at the Capitol
By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News
More than half a century after she sat defiantly on an Alabama city bus, Rosa Parks will stand in the U.S. Capitol.
POTUS attends unveiling of Rosa Parks statue on Capitol Hill
Pres. Obama is in same bus as Rosa
President Barack Obama, congressional leaders and more than 50 of Parks’ relatives were expected to take part Wednesday in the unveiling of a 9-foot statue of Parks in Statuary Hall, making her the first black woman to be so honored.  READ More....

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