I'm a liberal and I think Bush did something right [View All]

As much as I disagree with Bush on most issues, I think he deserves Kudos for doing this. Flame away.



Updated: 04:04 PM EST
Bush Signs Bill for Rosa Parks Statue
By JENNIFER LOVEN, AP

WASHINGTON (Dec. 1) - While honoring civil rights hero Rosa Parks , President Bush on Thursday delighted modern-day black leaders by calling on Congress to renew the provisions of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act that are set to expire.

On the 50th anniversary of Parks ' refusal to give up to a white man her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, Bush signed into law a bill directing that a statue of Parks go up in the Capitol's Statuary Hall. Parks , who died Oct. 24 at age 92, will be the first black woman to be represented in Statuary Hall, where many states have statues honoring notable people in their history.

Bush credited Parks for helping to "set in motion a national movement for equality and freedom."

"Eventually the civil rights movement would succeed in persuading Congress to pass more sweeping legislation that dealt with voting rights and discrimination in public places, and school segregation," said the president. "And the United States Congress should renew the Voting Rights Act of 1965."

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