The Rosa Parks statue in Montgomery’s Court Square is not what you expect from a monument. That’s why I love it. There’s no pedestal. No stage. Nothing separating the viewer from Parks. It’s a life-sized and human-scaled depiction of a civil rights hero. This is no divinely ordained messenger walking in the sky above us. […] The post They want silence around Rosa Parks appeared first on Alabama Reflector.
The Alabama Women’s Tribute Statue Commission has approved the final design for a statue of Rosa Parks that will stand near the entrance of the state’s Capitol.
A state commission Tuesday agreed on a design for a statue of Rosa Parks for the Alabama State Capitol s steps, the first on the grounds of the Capitol to depict a Black woman.
An Alabama state commission Tuesday agreed on a design for a statue of Rosa Parks for the Alabama State Capitol’s steps, the first on the grounds of the Capitol to depict a Black woman.