One month, one sculpture : Rosa Parks Memorial

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Veterans Courthouse, Essex County, New Jersey Bronze and stainless steel, over life-size, by artist Jay Warren

There are more than 10 Rosa Parks memorials in the United States. The statue, by artist Jay Warren, depicts Parks sitting on a bus seat, with the inscription, “You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.”

The statue is a reminder for all of the children and grandchildren who continue to benefit from the struggle of Rosa Parks, the “mother of the Civil Rights movement ».

Here are some pictures of other memorials :

National Civil rights museum Memphis Tennessee (© Randy Duchaine/Alamy)
A new Rosa Parks sculpture created by Ian Mangum, a 42nd Force Support Squadron team member, sits on display shortly after its unveiling Dec. 1, 2020, on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Many people may know of the work Rosa Parks did during the civil rights movement, but less may know she worked on Maxwell Air Force Base in the 1940s. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Charles Welty)
President Barack Obama touches the Rosa Parks statue after the unveiling during a ceremony in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2013. Helping with the unveiling, were, from left: Sheila Keys, niece of Rosa Parks; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio; Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Assistant Leader Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.; and Elaine Eason Keys. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

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