Past and present elected officials, Congressional Black Caucus members, civil rights leaders, noted clergy, and other dignitaries attended the funeral of Rosa Parks, who died October 24, 2005 at A church packed with 4,000 mourners celebrated the life of Rosa Parks Wednesday in an impassioned, song-filled funeral, with a crowd of notables giving thanks for the humble woman whose dignity Parks' act exposed her and her husband Raymond to harassment and death threats, and they lost their jobs in Montgomery. They moved to Detroit with Rosa Parks' mother, Leona McCauley, in 1957. Thousands of people celebrated the life of Rosa Parks Wednesday at a funeral for the civil rights icon, who died last week at the age of 92. Jerome Vaughn of Detroit Public Radio shares moments Politicians, celebrities and thousands of mourners honored civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks Monday at a memorial service in Washington, D.C. Her remains lay in honor in the rotunda of the U.S But Parks and her husband, Raymond, were exposed to harassment and death threats in Montgomery, where they also lost their jobs. They moved to Detroit with Rosa Parks' mother, Leona McCauley, in 1957. Parks was initially going to be buried a family plot in Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery, next to her husband and mother. She was also the first woman to ever lie in state in the United States Capitol, and the United States Flag was flown at half-staff in her honor over all public buildings on the day of her funeral. Born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, she was the daughter of James and Leona McCauley, a carpenter and a school teacher. When her parents Thousands of people listened to a series of rousing speeches that stirred emotions and evoked the early days of the U.S. civil rights movement as they attended the funeral of Rosa Parks on Wednesday. Thousands of people have attended the funeral of US civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who died last week aged 92. Former US President Bill Clinton led the tributes at the ceremony in Detroit, Michigan, her home since 1957. Among the mourners were civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and singer Aretha Franklin. And still the journey—like the movement itself—carried onward, making its way back to Detroit, where the body of Rosa Parks was eventually delivered to the Greater Grace Temple Church for her final funeral service on November 2, 2005. A line of mourners hoping to claim one of the 2,000 available seats stretched for blocks. Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913, to Leona (née Edwards), a teacher, and James McCauley, a carpenter.In addition to African ancestry, one of Parks's great-grandfathers was Scots-Irish, and one of her great-grandmothers was a part–Native American slave. DETROIT (AP) - Rosa Lee Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died Monday. She was 92. Mrs. Parks died at her home of natural causes, Death and funeral. Rosa Parks resided in Detroit until she died at the age of 92 on October 24, 2005 in her apartment on the east side of the city. She had been diagnosed with progressive dementia in 2004. Rosa Parks, "The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" died quietly in her Detroit home of natural causes. She was 92. Parks was the Alabama seamstress whose soft-spoken refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man on December 1, 1955 triggered the Montgomery bus boycott. Rosa Parks’ Eulogy Presented by Oprah Winfrey. Reverend Braxton, family, friends, admirers, and this amazing choir: I feel it an honor to be here to come and say a final goodbye. I grew up in the South, and Rosa Parks was a hero to me long before I recognized and understood the power and impact that her life embodied. Death of Rosa Parks (1913-2005), Official Funeral Program. Born Rosa Louise McCauley, in Tuskegee, Alabama, Rosa learned the importance of Black History in resisting racism and joined the NAACP in 1943. The chapel was renamed the Rosa L. Parks Freedom Chapel in her honor. Parks had previously prepared and placed a headstone on the selected location with the inscription "Rosa L. Parks, wife, 1913–." When Parks died, her fame was such that ESPN noted her death on the "Bottom Line," its on-screen ticker, on all of its networks. (31 Oct 2005) SHOTLIST1. Wide shot of hearse and vintage bus arrival2. Medium shot of hearse 3. Wide shot of bus4. Casket carried by soldiers up the Capitol Parks, who died Oct. 24 at age 92, made history even in death. She became the first woman, and only the 30th American, to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. Rosa Parks, a name that resonates with courage and defiance, ushered in a new era of civil rights in the United States. Her singular act of refusing to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, ignited a movement that would change the course of American history.
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