Parks received the Rosa Parks Peace Prize in 1994 in Stockholm, Sweden. On September 9, 1996, President Bill Clinton presented Parks with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor given by the U.S. executive branch. In 1998, she became the first recipient of the International Freedom Conductor Award given by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. The next year, Parks was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award given by the U.S. legislative branch and also received the Detroit-Windsor International Freedom Festival Award. Parks was a guest of President Bill Clinton during his 1999 State of the Union Address.
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Rosa Parks won so many awards because she has a special place in every American's heart. Rosa Parks has allowed for each women to show courage and never give up on themselves. Each of us today has the power to make a change in the way women are looked at in our society.
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