The seated statue of Rosa Parks is the first of three monuments at the Legacy Plaza honoring civil rights leaders.
Alabama’s Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) immortalized civil rights icon Rosa Parks with the unveiling of a new monument at the Legacy Plaza in downtown Montgomery.
The sculpture was revealed before EJI staff and local community members on Feb. 14. EJI said the activist’s figure is the first of three planned monuments honoring leaders of America’s civil rights movement to be erected at the plaza across from EJI’s Legacy Museum.
“This Black History Month, on Valentine’s Day, there are many of us who want to express our love, appreciation, and gratitude to Mrs. Rosa Parks, whose extraordinary leadership inspired the whole world,” EJI Director Bryan Stevenson shared during the ceremony. “As someone who had the privilege of spending time with Mrs. Parks, I can affirm that she had the kind of power and conviction that could absolutely change the world. We are thrilled to honor her at Legacy Plaza.”