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Rosa Parks: Historic Places
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The virtual canonization of Rosa Parks is part of this celebration. There was something crude and fraudulent about the two weeks of orchestrated pomp and ceremonial tributes, seeking to elevate Parks to a kind of semi-official sainthood, stripped of all political and historical content.
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Rosa Parks is described as a woman of quiet strength who has always taken a firm stand for what she believes in. In this painted-wood sculpture, Marshall D. Rumbaugh depicts Parks and the historical moment for which she is famous. The sculptor uses the visual language of folk art--forms that are often not realistically carved and anatomical distortion and exaggeration--to convey these character traits in his portrait of Parks in the clutches of two officers of the law. How do the differences in proportion between Parks and her captors, as well as the flatness of the piece, help to communicate this message of determined resistance?
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This remarkable place was named after the great Civil War Activist, Rosa Parks. It stands as a memorial to her dedication to the issue of equal rights. The water-based theme of the park was inspired by the name of its home, Grand Rapids. Lin has even commented that it is possibly the most complex piece she has ever constructed.
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