After retirement, Parks wrote her autobiography and continued to insist that there was more work to be done in the struggle for justice. [6] Parks received national recognition, including the NAACP's 1979 Spingarn Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, and a posthumous statue in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall. Upon her death in 2005, she was the first woman to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. California and Missouri commemorate Rosa Parks Day on her birthday, February 4, while Ohio, Oregon, and Texas commemorate the anniversary of her arrest, December 1. [7] Early life The driver said that if I refused to leave the seat, he would have to call the police and I told him just call the police, which he did and when they came, they placed me under arrest."

a b "Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies". NPR. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021 . Retrieved February 23, 2022.Alabama Puts Rosa Parks In Its Academy Of Honor". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012 . Retrieved December 17, 2011. Rosa L. Parks Collection. Papers, 1955–1976" (PDF). Walter P. Reuther Library. p.1. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 21, 2012 . Retrieved November 22, 2011. As Parks says, the classes are only a primer. I would say they’re akin to mental orthodontics for a day: they forced me into ideal form. From here, I’ll still be applying his lessons and working on my form if I really expect to benefit from them long term and actually improve as a rider. For reasons of ventilation and safety you must keep the underneath of your home clear and not use it as a storage space.

Responsibility for the maintenance and cost of maintaining boundaries between pitches is shared equally between neighbouring homeowners. Our foreign clients, including sovereign wealth funds and pension plans, turn to Lee when they invest in US real estate. Lee also works on restructuring securitized financing structures, as well as other aspects of distressed real estate investing.a b Garrow, David J. Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. (1986) ISBN 0-394-75623-1, p. 13. The organisation is not a local authority and is not governed by local authority legislation. However, it often adopts what is considered “best practice” by local authorities.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 61, 109th Congress, 1st Session, was agreed to October 29, 2005. This set the stage for her to become the 1st woman to lie in honor, in the Capitol Rotunda. [131]

MAX station renamed to honor Rosa Parks". TriMet. February 4, 2009. Archived from the original on December 2, 2010 . Retrieved November 27, 2009. Two Members each from Broxbourne Borough Council, East Herts District Council and Epping Forest District Council (a total of six) Golden Plate Awardees". Academy of Achievement. Archived from the original on December 15, 2016 . Retrieved April 17, 2020.