[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 207 (Wednesday, December 1, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6725]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        ENACTING ROSA PARKS DAY

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, on behalf of the Congressional Black 
Caucus, I rise today in honor of the memory of Rosa Parks, our Nation's 
greatest hero.
  It has been 66 years, Madam Speaker, since Rosa Parks refused to give 
up her seat for a White rider, sparking her arrest and the beginning of 
the civil rights movement.
  My Congressional Black Caucus colleague, Congresswoman Representative 
Sewell, is the original cosponsor of the Rosa Parks Day Act, a bill 
that would make December 1 a Federal holiday in her honor, along with 
Congressman   Jim Cooper and I.
  Many of you may not know, but 17 years ago, through my leadership, 
Ohio was the first in the Nation to pass Rosa Parks Day legislation. 
Our district will celebrate this year's Rosa Parks Day on December 13 
in a celebration called ``The Power of One: You.''
  So please join me and my colleagues in supporting the Rosa Parks Day 
Act to honor a great American. This is our power. This is our message.

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