Rosa Parks Statue Unveiled at Capitol, Celebrated by AME Church

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE
By Adelle M. Banks

A bronze statue of civil rights heroine Rosa Parks was unveiled Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, a day for fellow members of her African Methodist Episcopal Church to celebrate one of their own. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks. 

A bronze statue of civil rights heroine Rosa Parks was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday (Feb. 27), a day for members of her African Methodist Episcopal Church to celebrate one of their own. As Parks was hailed for her civil rights achievements, members and leaders of her African Methodist Episcopal Church celebrated Parks taking her place among the monuments to American icons from every state and walk of life. Parks was a stewardess, who helped with Communion and baptisms in her local AME congregation in Detroit, and also a deaconess, the highest position for a laywoman in the denomination. She died in 2005 at age 92. [link]