- New York City 02/27/2013 by Linda Perry (WBAI)

President Barack Obama and Congressional Leaders unveiled a statue of Rosa Parks, paying tribute to a woman whose name is synonymous with courage in the face of injustice. She is the first black womanto be honored with a full-length statue in the Capitol's Statuary Hall. Obama says the nation learned from Parks that there is always something we can do to improve the future.