602904 event 1519662463 1522768524 <![CDATA["Continuing the Conversation" Sculpture Dedication ]]> You are cordially invited to the dedication of "Continuing the Conversation" – a sculpture honoring Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement at the Georgia Institute of Technology. 

Thursday, April 5, 2018

2:00 p.m. – Program and Unveiling
2:45 p.m. – Reception honoring Michelle Adkins, IMGT 1983, and Rod Adkins, EE 1981, MS EE 1983, HON Ph.D. 2013

African-American seamstress Rosa Parks (1913-2005) gained national attention in 1955 when she was arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat to a white passenger on a crowded bus in Alabama. Her courageous act sparked the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott, and she became an icon of the fight to end racial segregation, recognized by Congress as the "first lady of civil rights." 

]]> You are cordially invited to the dedication of "Continuing the Conversation" – a sculpture honoring Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement at the Georgia Institute of Technology. 

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