The story of how Rosa Parks befriended the owner of DC’s Mansion on O Street.
Parks arrived at the Dupont Circle inn frail and in a wheelchair, accompanied by a small entourage. Still in pain but with a smile on her face, she reached out her hand to thank her host, H.H. Leonards, who owns the quirky hotel and museum. It was the beginning of a decade-long friendship, Leonards recalls: “Two soulmates meeting. I felt that, and she felt it, too.
Parks’s last visit was about a year before her death. Today, Parks’s room on the third floor is the same as when she stayed there: The bed she slept in still sits beneath the chandelier she loved to stare up at. But now guests no longer spend the night there;, with photos and information about her life. Of course, if visitors want to know more, they can go downstairs and talk to her friend. “I just loved being with her,” Leonards says.
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