Rosa Parks’ legacy is honored with a statue near historic site
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(KYMA, KSWT, KECY) - Exactly 64 years ago today, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white man.
This was a moment that would make her one of the most iconic figures of the Civil Rights Movement.
A statue in her honor has now been unveiled in Downtown Montgomery.
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The statue's location is just 30 feet from where the historic moment is said to have taken place.
Rosa Park's arrest inspired a boycott of the Montgomery Bus system for over a year.
However it wasn't until nearly a decade later that all public services were desegregated.
Rosa Parks died at in 2005 at the age of 92.