United States Capitol Statuary Hall Washington District of Columbia 20201
Date:
Commissioned 2009. Dedicated Feb. 27. 2013
Notes:
United States Capitol, 2013.
Washington Post, March 10, 2013, pg. E8.
Summary:
Seated portrait of Rosa Parks wearing the same clothes she wore on December 1, 1955, the day she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. She is seen seated on a rocky ledge, her body turned slightly to the right, gaze directed toward the viewer, legs crossed at the ankles, hands folded in her lap, and a small purse held in her left hand. She wears a long coat and a small round hat, and a pair of glasses.
