MACON, Ga. — On Friday, a wreath laying ceremony to celebrate the life and work of Rosa Parks happened at 10 a.m. in downtown Macon.
Kicking off Black History Month, community leaders and others gathered at Rosa Parks Square to watch the wreath being laid in her memory.
Mayor Lester Miller and Rosa Parks Square board members Andrea Cooke and Susannah Maddox all spoke about Rosa Parks and her legacy of fighting for civil rights.
They highlighted her strength and courage, and explained the importance of having the park named after her.
"So we're just honored to have an opportunity to celebrate her, and remind people of her sacrifices and what they can do to help us bring this park to life," Cooke said.
When asked her favorite attributes of Parks, Cooke said she admired her strong but subtle actions.
"I loved her interest in quiet, gentle advocacy. Sometimes, people think that the loudest person in the room is the smartest or the strongest, and what she did for our community was show a quiet level of advocacy that has had an incredible butterfly effect for all of us," she said.
Rosa Parks birthday is coming up on February 4th - and if she was still living she would have been 111 years-old.