{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://beatty.house.gov/media-center/announcements/beatty-celebrates-rosa-parks-day", "Beatty Celebrates Rosa Parks Day", "2016-12-01", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Joyce Beatty", "B001281", "beatty.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Beatty Celebrates Rosa Parks Day \nAuthored legislation in Ohio to designate December 1st as \u201cRosa Parks Day\u201d\nOn December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, an Alabama seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a White man on a segregated Montgomery, Alabama bus. Her defiance and subsequent jailing sparked the peaceful, 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott that lead to the desegregation of our nation\u2019s public transportation system.\nAlthough small in stature, Parks became an enormous figure in the Civil Rights Movement, working alongside Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others to\u00a0ensure civil rights, greater freedom and opportunities\u00a0to all Americans. Soon after, Parks earned the title: \u201cMother of the Civil Rights Movement.\u201d\n50 years later, in 2005, U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), then-Member of the Ohio General Assembly, spearheaded legislation to designate December 1st as \u201cRosa Parks Day\u201d in the State of Ohio\u2014making the Buckeye State the first in the nation to formally recognize the Civil Rights icon. Since that time, Ohioans from all walks of life, join together annually to honor Parks and reflect on the \u201cPower of One\u201d individual to make a difference in the lives of others.\n\u201cRosa Parks is a hero to countless Americans and me,\u201d Beatty said. \u201cHer life and actions on that historic December day more than 50 years ago have inspired people across the country and around the world to stand up against discrimination and work peacefully to create a more just and fair society.\u201d Beatty continued, \u201cI was honored to have led the charge in the State of Ohio to recognize Rosa Parks, and I look forward to this year\u2019s celebration and for years to come.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://beatty.house.gov/media-center/announcements/beatty-celebrates-rosa-parks-day"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5038610436022282, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}