![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 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](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CBW3J8/civil-rights-heroine-rosa-parks-stands-at-the-podium-surrounded-by-CBW3J8.jpg)
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
![File:President Bill Clinton presents Rosa Parks with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the Oval Office.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:President Bill Clinton presents Rosa Parks with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the Oval Office.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/President_Bill_Clinton_presents_Rosa_Parks_with_the_Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_in_the_Oval_Office.jpg)
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![Rosa Parks receiving NAACP Spingarn medal from Judge Damon Keith, Louisville, Ky - LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search Rosa Parks receiving NAACP Spingarn medal from Judge Damon Keith, Louisville, Ky - LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1979/01/01/rosa-parks-receiving-naacp-spingarn-medal-from-judge-damon-keith-louisville-6bb719-1024.jpg)
Rosa Parks receiving NAACP Spingarn medal from Judge Damon Keith, Louisville, Ky - LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search
![MoorInfo on Twitter: "November 15, 1979 — Rosa Parks received the sixty-fourth Spingarn Medal from the NAACP. https://t.co/lrp37L09LL" / Twitter MoorInfo on Twitter: "November 15, 1979 — Rosa Parks received the sixty-fourth Spingarn Medal from the NAACP. https://t.co/lrp37L09LL" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FEPHxHNXMAQdPkv.jpg)
MoorInfo on Twitter: "November 15, 1979 — Rosa Parks received the sixty-fourth Spingarn Medal from the NAACP. https://t.co/lrp37L09LL" / Twitter
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Congressional Gold Medal | A Life of Global Impact | Explore | Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words | Exhibitions at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress
![Rosa Parks, wearing medal, speaking at award ceremony, Detroit, Michigan - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search Rosa Parks, wearing medal, speaking at award ceremony, Detroit, Michigan - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1983/01/01/rosa-parks-wearing-medal-speaking-at-award-ceremony-detroit-michigan-26f2bb-1024.jpg)
Rosa Parks, wearing medal, speaking at award ceremony, Detroit, Michigan - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search
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