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Monday, October 31, 2005

rosa parks honoured at U.S. Capitol

Thousands honor Rosa Parks at U.S. Capitol tribute

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 30,000 Americans streamed through the U.S. Capitol Rotunda to pay tribute Monday to Rosa Parks, filing by her casket in hushed awe of the woman whose defiant act on a city bus inspired the modern civil rights movement.
Honor guards keep a vigil in the Capitol Rotunda where Rosa Parks lies in honor early Monday. Honor guards keep a vigil in the Capitol Rotunda where Rosa Parks lies in honor early Monday.
By Manuel Balce Ceneta, AP

"I rejoice that my country recognizes that this woman changed the course of American history, that this woman became a cure for the cancer of segregation," said the Rev. Vernon Shannon, 68, pastor of John Wesley African-Methodist-Episopal Zion in Washington, one of many who rose before dawn to see the casket.


Be sure to check out the beautifully moving photo album of this memorial event.

rosa parks: one person can make a difference


Rosa Parks blinkie courtesy of Galadriel's blinkies

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