(CNN) Rosa Parks was honored with a new statue in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday, 64 years to the day she was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a city bus.
Sunday marks the second annual Rosa Parks Day in Alabama, after the Legislature approved the honor for the civil rights icon last year.
Events were slated to take place throughout the weekend, including the dedication of a statue Sunday afternoon.
A statue of Rosa Parks, seen here, is unveiled in Montgomery, Alabama, on Sunday, December 1, 2019.
"Today, on the second official Rosa Parks Day, we honor a seamstress and a servant, one whose courage ran counter to her physical stature," said Mayor Steven Reed, the city's first African American mayor . "She was a consummate contributor to equality and did so with a quiet humility that is an example for all of us."
"No person ever stood so tall," Gov. Kay Ivey said, "as did Rosa Parks when she sat down."
super713 on December 1st, 2019 at 23:53 UTC »
How did it take this long?!
Johnnadawearsglasses on December 1st, 2019 at 23:42 UTC »
How did they not have a Rosa Parks statue in Montgomery
Rocky has had one in Philly for decades
BozoidBob on December 1st, 2019 at 23:11 UTC »
I wonder how long it will be before some racist redneck defaces it? I hope they had the foresight to put a few cameras around it.