Rosa Parks - A Brave Woman
by Allen Beatty
Title
Rosa Parks - A Brave Woman
Artist
Allen Beatty
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Photograph - Photographs
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Rosa Parks - A Brave Woman by Allen Beatty
It’s one of the most famous moments in modern American civil rights history: On a chilly December evening in 1955, on a busy street in the capital of Alabama, a 42-year-old seamstress boarded a segregated city bus to return home after a long day of work, taking a seat near the middle, just behind the front “white” section. At the next stop, more passengers got on. When every seat in the white section was taken, the bus driver ordered the black passengers in the middle row to stand so a white man could sit.
Rosa Parks, a soft-spoken African-American seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white man, breaking existing segregation laws. The flawless character and quiet strength she exhibited successfully ignited action in others. For this, many believe Rosa Parks' act was the event that sparked the Civil Rights movement.
Here we see the exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN memorializing Rosa Parks' brave act of civil disobedience. The statue was so life-like you almost felt she was alive.
This image is Featured in the following FAA Groups:
Mannequin Statue Doll Sculpture Gallery,
Arts Fantastic World,
Your Story of Art,
Just Perfect,
Our World Gallery Special Feature for Social Consciousness,
Daily Promotion,
Your Very Best Photography,
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January 11th, 2019
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Allen Beatty
Bob, thank you very much for the Home Page Feature in the Your Very Best Photography Group
Lenore Senior
CONGRATULATIONS, Allen! Two of your b&w photos have been chosen from this series for the Social Consciousness Feature of the Week in the fine art group, Our World Gallery! Both are amazing and important!! v/f/feature, pin, two, fb promotion!
Allen Beatty replied:
Thank you so much For the Social Consciousness Feature of the week in the Our World Gallery Group. It recognizes a horrible period in our history that hopefully will never repeated.
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