Rosa Parks found her footing in the hurly-burly of Eugene, Oregon's frosty bus station. Local businesses, groups, and citizens bonded together, splurging a cool $44,000 on her bronze likeness. This statue, the spitting image of the civil rights icon, saw the light of day on Martin Luther King Jr's birthday, back in 2009. Sculptor Pete Helzer, joined by model Lacie Heffron, have since reshaped daily commutes, their creation a symbol of a struggle not just for art, but for freedom and equality in Eugene, Oregon.
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