Rosa Parks Immortalized With Statue at U.S. Capitol

Name: Rosa Parks Immortalized With Statue at U.S. Capitol
Uploaded: 2013-02-27T22:00:00Z
Duration: P135S
Description: A statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. Parks was the first woman and only the second African-American to lie in state in the rotunda after she died in 2005. Gwen Ifill reports on the ceremony.

Clip: 02/27/2013 | 2m 15s

A statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. Parks was the first woman and only the second African-American to lie in state in the rotunda after she died in 2005. Gwen Ifill reports on the ceremony.

Aired: 02/27/13

Rating: NR

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