Congressional Gold Medal Honoring Mrs. Rosa Parks

Title:: Congressional Gold Medal Honoring Mrs. Rosa Parks
Description:: Mrs. Rosa Parks is given the Congressional Gold Medal (Medal of Freedom) in honor of her 1955 contribution to the Civil Rights Movement. Members of Congress (Julia Carson, Sheila Jackson Lee, J.C. Watts, Richard Gephardt, and Eliot Engel), Reverend Jesse Jackson, and President Bill Clinton made speeches in her honor. The Howard University choir sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing" accompanied by alumna Jessye Norman.
Production company:: WHUT
Producer:: Rangel, Alicia
Editor:: Rotan, Eric
Narrator:: Richardson, Eric E.
Date:: June 22, 1999
Format:: Film/Video
Location:: WHUT-TV (Howard University Television)
Collection (local):: American Archive of Public Broadcasting Collection
Series:: WHUT-TV (Howard University Television)
Subjects:: Women
History
Race and Ethnicity
Extent:: 00:09:05
Link to Item:: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-293-719kdd22
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