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rosaparks122way_custom-33d941f72c1ce129644ced1ea8f695ccc0ae9ac6-s6.jpgThe late civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who broke racial barriers in 1955 when she would not move to the back of a segregated bus in Montgomery, Ala., will be posthumously part of another barrier-breaking moment on Feb. 27.
Pictured: Rosa Parks in June 1999, when she was presented with a Congressional Gold Medal.
The office of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced Tuesday that a statue of Parks will be dedicated that day in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol.
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