Civil rights heroine Rosa Parks stands at the podium surrounded by President Bill Clinton, US House Speaker Dennis Hastert and her attendant Elaine Steele after being awarded the Congressional Gold Medal June 15, 1999 in Washington, DC. Parks was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal

Civil rights heroine Rosa Parks stands at the podium surrounded by President Bill Clinton, US House Speaker Dennis Hastert and her attendant Elaine Steele after being awarded the Congressional Gold Medal June 15, 1999 in Washington, DC. Parks was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal Stock Photo
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Richard Ellis / Alamy Stock Photo

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CBW3J8

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40.5 MB (2.1 MB Compressed download)

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4340 x 3262 px | 36.7 x 27.6 cm | 14.5 x 10.9 inches | 300dpi

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15 June 1999

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US Capitol, Washington, DC, USA

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Civil rights heroine Rosa Parks stands at the podium surrounded by President Bill Clinton, US House Speaker Dennis Hastert and her attendant Elaine Steele after being awarded the Congressional Gold Medal June 15, 1999 in Washington, DC. Parks was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for her act of defiance that started a bus boycott that became a landmark in the civil rights struggle of the 1950s and 1960s.