Honoring Rosa Parks: Pictured at Transit building dedication, from left, Rev. Carl Johnson, 93^rd Street Baptist; Miami-Dade Comm. Dennis Moss; Miami-Dade Comm. Katy Sorenson; Cong. Carrie P. Meek (ret.); Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez; Parks’ grandnephew Nicholas McCauley; Miami-Dade Comm. Dorrin Rolle; Parks’ nephew William McCauley and wife Sonia to his right; Transit Director Roosevelt Bradley; and King Institute Exec. Dir. John T. Jones Jr.

The plaque displays a three-dimensional likeness of Rosa Parks and an inscription that reads "To honor the Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement for her internationally recognized leadership, vision, and pioneering efforts, this building is dedicated as the Rosa Parks Transportation Building."

The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the renaming of the transit facility earlier this year as a tribute to Parks' historical contribution to the Civil Rights Movement and her leadership in making public transportation accessible to all.

Parks' subsequent arrest and trial for this act of civil disobedience triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the largest and most successful mass movements against racial segregation in American history.

The civil rights pioneer's courageous actions not only earned her an iconic status in American culture but left an enduring legacy for civil rights movements worldwide.

"We are deeply honored and proud to posthumously dedicate one of our transit facilities in memory of Rosa Parks," said Miami-Dade Transit Director Roosevelt Bradley. "She understood the role of every individual citizen in a democracy."