New Monument to Rosa Parks Unveiled at Alabama State University

A new monument to Rosa Parks was unveiled recently on the campus of Alabama State University in Montgomery. The stone monument is located near Tullibody Hall on the Alabama State University campus. The property used to be the site of the Alabama State College Laboratory High School, from which Rosa Parks graduated. At the base of the monument are the words, “She sat down so we could stand up.”

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