Rosa Parks Statue in New Jersey

Rosa Parks Statue in New Jersey WWP

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Rosa Parks memorial stands in the heart of the Essex Government Complex in Newark, New Jersey. It is the first and only statue of Parks in New Jersey, and she is the only woman honored with a statue in this Complex.

Rosa Parks (1913-2005) was a civil rights activist who got famous when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man on December 1st, 1955. Her act sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, one of the founding events in US history against racial segregation in transportation. Parks devoted her life to fighting for the cause of equal rights.

The statue was unveiled on October 1st, 2014, and was created by the Oregon artist, Thomas Jay Warren. The statue depicts Parks sitting on a bus seat, smiling, holding her purse. Her quote is inscribed on the seat next to her- “You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.”

More statues of Parks stand in – the US Capitol, Washington, DC, Montgomery, Alabama, Dallas, TX, and more.

Rosa Parks Statue in New Jersey

This is the only statue of the civil rights activist and leader Rosa Parks in New Jersey.
“You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.”

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Rosa Parks Statue in New Jersey

This is the only statue of the civil rights activist and leader Rosa Parks in New Jersey.
“You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.”

More about it here - https://wanderwomenproject.com/places/rosa-parks-statue-in-new-jersey/

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