In January 2020, Lavett Ballard was approached by D.W. Pine (creative director of TIME Magazine), who was selecting covers for TIME's 100 Women of the Year. Each cover featured a representative woman/group from the last 100 years, and Pine hoped to utilize Ballard's depiction of Rosa Parks. The artist shared: "I used Rosa as the centerpiece because she was the one who was able to bring the movement to fruition. I also used images of the buses, of people standing outside waiting, of people walking, and yellow roses to represent freedom.”

Image credits: Rowan College at Burlington County