[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 200 (Thursday, December 7, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1675]
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                HONORING ROSA PARKS AND THE POWER OF ONE

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                           HON. JOYCE BEATTY

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 7, 2017

  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, Sixty-two years ago last week, an African-
American seamstress named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a 
segregated Montgomery, Alabama bus.
  Her defiance and subsequent jailing sparked the peaceful, Montgomery 
Bus Boycott that eventually led to the desegregation of public 
transportation.
  Though small in stature, Rosa Parks became an enormous figure in the 
Civil Rights Movement and earned the title:``Mother of the Civil Rights 
Movement.''
  Her life and actions showed me and so many Americans how the ``Power 
of One'' person can make a difference in the pursuit of what is right 
and just.
  When I served in the state assembly, I championed legislation that 
made Ohio the first state in the nation to designate December 1st as 
Rosa Parks Day.
  Monday of this week, I hosted a Community Leaders' Forum: ``The Power 
of One: We Are Walking in It'' to remind and educate hundreds of my 
constituents of the work of Rosa Parks.
  I believe it is our collective responsibility to walk in the 
footsteps of Rosa Parks and honor the Power of One.