WATERBURY, Conn. — Rosa Parks was an icon of the civil rights movement, but she didn't think she was important enough to have her portrait painted when artist arrived.
Painter had bird's-eye view of civil rights movement
Sunday, January 18, 2009 | 4:32 p.m. CST;
updated 5:48 p.m. CST, Sunday, January 18, 2009
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