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Montgomery, Ala., Mayor Steven Reed, right, and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, front left, work with others to unveil the statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks in downtown Montgomery last Sunday, the anniversary of her 1955 arrest for not giving up her seat on a public bus.

Montgomery, Ala., Mayor Steven Reed, right, and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, front left, work with others to unveil the statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks in downtown Montgomery last Sunday, the anniversary of her 1955 arrest for not giving up her seat on a public bus.

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Alabama unveils statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks

MONTGOMERY, Ala. A new statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was dedicated in Alabama’s capital city on Sunday, the 64th anniversary of her historic refusal to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man.