Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

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Original – Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey in February 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama after her arrest in December 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated public bus, leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Reason

A unique moment in history, which makes up for some minor flaws. It's an evocative image of Parks' arrest.

Articles in which this image appears

Montgomery bus boycott, Rosa Parks, Xenophobia, Civil rights movement, Racism in the United States

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/USA History

Creator

Associated Press; restored by Adam Cuerden

• Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.9% of all FPs} 10:20, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 11:08, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
• Support. Very high EV. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:22, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
• Support. Top EV. --Janke | Talk 18:58, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
• Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 19:04, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
• Support DreamSparrow ^Chat 16:58, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
• Support Geoffroi 05:41, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
• Support DonFB (talk) 23:43, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Promoted File:Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after being arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white passenger on a segregated municipal bus in Montgomery, Alabama.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:12, 24 September 2019 (UTC)