US EditionRosa Parks and Helen Keller statues will be unveiled at the Alabama Capitol
The first women’s statues on Alabama Capitol lawn honor native advocates for civil rights and disability rights, reflecting broader state history including Confederate tributes.
- On Friday, statues of Rosa Parks, civil rights figure, and Helen Keller, writer and disability rights advocate, were unveiled on the grounds of the Alabama Capitol, marking the first women’s statues on the Capitol lawn.
- Alabama lawmakers in 2019 approved Rep. Laura Hall’s legislation, and the Alabama Women’s Tribute Statue Commission spent more than six years commissioning and finalizing the displays.
- The statue of Rosa Parks sits by the Capitol steps facing Dexter Avenue, placed just across from a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, while Helen Keller’s statue faces the Alabama Statehouse and recalls her Tuscumbia roots and work with tutor Anne Sullivan.
- Rep. Laura Hall said the monuments aim to help visitors see the full picture of history and the impact women have played, even as the grounds already feature Confederate tributes.
- By honoring Parks and Keller, the Capitol recognizes legacies that shaped national movements as native Alabamians whose advocacy dismantled segregation and promoted disability rights.
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Two new statues unveiled at Alabama state capitol
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — Statues honoring Rosa Parks and Helen Keller were unveiled at a ceremony Friday in Montgomery. These are the first female statues to be featured on the Capitol grounds. Next to the Capitol, the stone and bronze Helen Keller monument welcomes visitors to sit and learn about her accomplishments. Priceville police officer appealing suspension after chase that led to deadly crash For Helen Keller’s great-great niece, …
Rosa Parks, Helen Keller statues unveiled at Alabama State Capitol
A statue of civil rights activist Rosa Parks is unveiled outside of the Alabama State Capitol on Oct. 27, 2025. The unveiling was the culmination of six years of work by the Alabama Women's Tribute Statue Commission, which also installed a statue of Helen Keller on the Capitol grounds. (Andrea Tinker/Alabama Reflector)Statues of civil rights activist Rosa Parks and disability rights activist Helen Keller were unveiled at the Alabama State Capito…
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