WASHINGTON -- Rosa Parks made history in 1955 by refusing to move to the back of the bus. She will make history again next week when her statue is placed in the U.S. Capitol.
It will be the first full-size statue of an African American in the Capitol collection of more than 180 statues, a popular tourist attraction. There are busts of the Rev.…
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