[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2013)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8951-8952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02854]



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Vol. 78

Wednesday,

No. 25

February 6, 2013

Part VI





The President





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Proclamation 8932--100th Anniversary of the Birth of Rosa Parks



Memorandum of February 1, 2013--Designation of Officers of the Pension 
Benefit Guaranty Corporation To Act as Director of the Pension Benefit 
Guaranty Corporation



Notice of February 4, 2013--Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to the Situation in or in Relation to C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire
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                Proclamation 8932 of February 1, 2013

                
100th Anniversary of the Birth of Rosa Parks

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On December 1, 1955, our Nation was forever transformed 
                when an African-American seamstress in Montgomery, 
                Alabama, refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a 
                white passenger. Just wanting to get home after a long 
                day at work, Rosa Parks may not have been planning to 
                make history, but her defiance spurred a movement that 
                advanced our journey toward justice and equality for 
                all.

                Though Rosa Parks was not the first to confront the 
                injustice of segregation laws, her courageous act of 
                civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott--
                381 days of peaceful protest when ordinary men, women, 
                and children sent the extraordinary message that 
                second-class citizenship was unacceptable. Rather than 
                ride in the back of buses, families and friends walked. 
                Neighborhoods and churches formed carpools. Their 
                actions stirred the conscience of Americans of every 
                background, and their resilience in the face of fierce 
                violence and intimidation ultimately led to the 
                desegregation of public transportation systems across 
                our country.

                Rosa Parks's story did not end with the boycott she 
                inspired. A lifelong champion of civil rights, she 
                continued to give voice to the poor and the 
                marginalized among us until her passing on October 24, 
                2005.

                    As we mark the 100th anniversary of Rosa Parks's 
                birth, we celebrate the life of a genuine American hero 
                and remind ourselves that although the principle of 
                equality has always been self-evident, it has never 
                been self-executing. It has taken acts of courage from 
                generations of fearless and hopeful Americans to make 
                our country more just. As heirs to the progress won by 
                those who came before us, let us pledge not only to 
                honor their legacy, but also to take up their cause of 
                perfecting our Union.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim February 4, 2013, as 
                the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Rosa Parks. I 
                call upon all Americans to observe this day with 
                appropriate service, community, and education programs 
                to honor Rosa Parks's enduring legacy.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                first day of February, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
                seventh.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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