36 min
Reflections on Rosa Parks Shaping History: Women in Capitol Art
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- Arts
When Rosa Parks died in 2005, she lay in honor in the Rotunda of the Capitol, the first woman and only the second person of color to receive that honor. When Congress commissioned a statue of her, it became the first full-length statue of an African-American person in the U.S. Capitol. It was unveiled on what would have been her 100th birthday. In this episode, listen as some of our staff at the Capitol Visitor Center talk about their personal memories of those events and the stories that they like to tell about Rosa Parks to visitors on tour. Also included in this episode are a selection of audio clips from the February 27, 2013 Rosa Parks Statue Unveiling, courtesy of the House Recording Studio.
Featured guest speakers: Adriane Norman, Douglas Ike, and Ronn Jackson, Visitor Guides, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
When Rosa Parks died in 2005, she lay in honor in the Rotunda of the Capitol, the first woman and only the second person of color to receive that honor. When Congress commissioned a statue of her, it became the first full-length statue of an African-American person in the U.S. Capitol. It was unveiled on what would have been her 100th birthday. In this episode, listen as some of our staff at the Capitol Visitor Center talk about their personal memories of those events and the stories that they like to tell about Rosa Parks to visitors on tour. Also included in this episode are a selection of audio clips from the February 27, 2013 Rosa Parks Statue Unveiling, courtesy of the House Recording Studio.
Featured guest speakers: Adriane Norman, Douglas Ike, and Ronn Jackson, Visitor Guides, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
36 min