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Remembering Rosa Parks

Floor Speech

Date: Oct. 26, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Arts, Entertainment, and History


REMEMBERING ROSA PARKS -- (House of Representatives - October 26, 2005)

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Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to help pay tribute to one of Alabama's great Civil Rights leaders, Rosa Parks.

Nearly 50 years ago, Rosa Parks started a quiet, but determined, protest against the status quo.

What began as a principled refusal to give up her seat, grew into a movement that has helped change the world.

All of us assembled here today are beneficiaries of her courage, regardless of our race. We're deeply saddened by her passing, but we're also humbled by her life and legacy. Our Nation is stronger because of her actions.

Mr. Speaker, yesterday I introduced a resolution recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Over 60 members of this chamber are co-sponsors of that resolution, including all of my colleagues from Alabama.

It is my hope that resolution will also help honor Rosa Parks, and help pay tribute to those who laid the foundations for the modern-day Civil Rights movement.

I thank Mr. CONYERS for leading this tribute today, and thank my colleagues for their attention to the life and legacy of Rosa Parks.

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