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Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony with (left to right) Representative Julia Carson, holding a picture of the medal; assistant Elaine Steele, Representative Dennis Hastert, artist Artis Lane, who designed
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![Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony seated with assistant Elaine Steele (left); President Bill Clinton, Representatives Dennis Hastert, Dick Gephardt and others stand behind them] - PICRYL - Public Domain Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony seated with assistant Elaine Steele (left); President Bill Clinton, Representatives Dennis Hastert, Dick Gephardt and others stand behind them] - PICRYL - Public Domain](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/04/rosa-parks-at-her-congressional-gold-medal-ceremony-seated-with-assistant-elaine-52327b-1024.jpg)
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![Joel Palacios-Lara U.S history. The Cause On the 1st of December 1955, Mrs. Rosa Parks, an African-American seamstress, was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama. - ppt download Joel Palacios-Lara U.S history. The Cause On the 1st of December 1955, Mrs. Rosa Parks, an African-American seamstress, was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama. - ppt download](https://images.slideplayer.com/33/8174413/slides/slide_10.jpg)
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