[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16169]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            12TH ANNUAL OHIO STATEWIDE TRIBUTE TO ROSA PARKS

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                           HON. JOYCE BEATTY

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 7, 2016

  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and celebrate Rosa 
Parks, ``the Mother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement.''
  On December 1st, we marked the 61st anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest 
for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus.
  Her defiance sparked the peaceful 381-day Montgomery bus boycott, 
leading to the desegregation of our Nation's public transportation 
system.
  Rosa Parks, though small in stature, embodies the enormous impact one 
person can make.
  In recognition, 50 years later in 2005, as a member of the Ohio 
General Assembly, I spearheaded a bill to designate December 1st Rosa 
Parks Day, making Ohio the first State in the Nation to do so.
  This year marks the 12th annual tribute to Rosa Parks and I look 
forward to joining all Ohioans in celebration tomorrow on December 8th.
  In that spirit, today and every day, let us be inspired by Rosa Parks 
and never forget that one person can ignite change.

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