[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 18143]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO ROSA PARKS

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to a woman who 
is considered the modern mother of the civil rights movement, Rosa 
Parks. This past Sunday, we celebrated the 58th anniversary of Rosa 
Parks refusing to give up her seat on that bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
  I am so proud to stand here from the great State of Ohio, because it 
was the great State of Ohio that was the first State in this Nation to 
name December 1 Rosa Parks Day.
  On Thursday and Friday of this week, in our district, we will bring 
people from all over the State to pay tribute to her, and we will bring 
in more than 600 little children who will learn about civil rights and 
understand the value of working together.
  That day in 1955, she started something larger than herself. She sat 
down so we could stand up. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to be a part of 
the legislation that created December 1 in Ohio as Rosa Parks Day.

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